Hi Meena, When I was going to PT a couple years ago, there was a young woman there who lived in Trumansburg. She claimed to see a Bobcat regularly on her property. If memory serves me. she had a horse farm with quite a few acres of land. Diana Whiting On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:33 PM, B Mcaneny wrote:
> Hi Meena----you refer to a tail on the alleged Bobcat. Their tail > is very short to non-existent, so it would be good to clarify > exactly what you remember seeing. If it had a normal feline tail it > may have been a normal pet feline. > > Re: the fox. We live along Rte 89, and Saturday about 8a.m., a > coyote loped across our field but did not cross 89 while I watched. > My frst thought was a gray fox, then a red fox, both of which we > have had in the neighborhood. Then I settled on coyote, the first > time we have seen one on our property in ten years. He/she ran with > its tail down, not stretched out as with the foxes. We often hear > them yipping at night, but they are rarely seen here. > > Bill McAneny, T'Burg > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Meena Haribal > To: natural history network ; cayugabirds-l-cornell.edu > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 9:01 AM > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Possible Bobcat and Fox on Route 89 > > Hi all, > > Yesterday, while Ann Mitchell and I were returning home from > Rochester airport, around 8.30 pm somewhere near past Red Jacket Ln, > we saw an animal, which I called cat because it had round face, > smooth body and tail and body was long in proportion to its size, > tail was twisted up. It was running along a ditch, probably had seen > us and was slinking away from the road. All I can think of it is > that it was a Bobcat. Just a few days ago I had seen a specimen of a > bobcat in Santa Ana visitor center and the proportion of body size > and giss seemed to fit Bobcat. I know there have been a few reports > of bobcats, but don't know how often people see them. > > Later, somewhere near Trumansburg sign on 89 we saw a fox run across > the road and it giss was very different from that of the animal we > saw earlier. > > Any comments? > > Happy New Year to everyone! > > Cheers > Meena > > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > webpage: > > > > > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > > http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.html > > http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf > Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m > Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
