Animal identification
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I wondered if anyone would get the joke. Well done, sir!
Very cool.
Saw a fox and a mink today out on a stream.
I was releasing a fish and looked up and pretty sure the mink was watching me to see what I'd do with it.
Yeah I really enjoy it when I see one. They just look smart like they're several steps ahead of what you're thinking. One had a den several years ago where I grew up and I got back one night to several kits running around the yard.
Weird how that cycle happens. I can't remember the last time I saw a porcupine waddling around up north but I also heard the fisher population is up and they DGAF about pesky quills.
Back in 2009 when I was in high school I had some friends over to my parents house on the river for a campfire. About 11 pm we heard a Bobcat. It was pretty terrifying.
I knew it wasn't much before this that a mountain lion had been spotted very near my parents house. Having never heard a scream like that I assumed it was the mountain lion. We went inside almost instantly. I now know what we heard was a bobcat, but it was very close.
Local family of fox live in my neighborhood in central Ames. Come strolling through my yard pretty regularly. Last summer each evening the pups would all come out of the woods between Brookside and downtown and play around.
Notice in the upper right there’s a deer standing there too.
Why the eastern coyote should be a separate species: the 'coywolf'
A wildlife biologist argues that the canid in eastern North America – known as the eastern coyote, or the coywolf by some – deserves to be classified as a separate species.
theconversation.com
When I was attending the College of Design there was a fox den right by it. I'd see it often.
Why does this article read so much like academic's making 'something' out of 'nothing'?...Why the eastern coyote should be a separate species: the 'coywolf'
A wildlife biologist argues that the canid in eastern North America – known as the eastern coyote, or the coywolf by some – deserves to be classified as a separate species.
My brother skins coyotes in the winter and they have a huge variation in size (25# to 50#+) and coloration (reds, greys, tans, to almost black) even in the so called "western coyote" population...
Wouldn't think 'Yotes in North/Central Iowa would be cross-breeding with wolves to make hybrids given the territory ranges given in the article.
Guess next winter he'll have to sample them for 23 and me testing to figure out what's really going on!
Thanks for sharing the link.
