I went up to Point Grondine with my partner last week and while there we saw lots of great flora and fauna. Cardinal Flower, Bunchberry, Bristly Sarsaparilla, Bluebead Lily, among so much more beautiful flora. Some of the fauna included Bears, Beavers, Porcupines, possible Wolf scat, Moose tracks... but also one night we were woken up by an animal going through one of our bags. I scared them away but they hissed at me before they managed to get up a 7.5 m/25 feet tiered rock face. The next morning I found some tracks and sign, and then met other campers later in the week who were near us who had a similar encounter. Who did the tracks say it was? Who did the neighbouring campers see by flashlight in the middle of the night? Bobcat.
So, I of course have to nerd out and study Bobcats since I got home, and wanted to read some detailed selections from Donna Naughton’s book “Natural History of Canadian Mammals” and Mark Elbroch and Casey McFarland’s “Mammal Tracks and Sign (2nd edition)”.
I sadly had to cut the show short to be short it would be suitable for my time slot at the radio, but I hope to research more and share what I learn in future episodes or blog entries. For now, check out the show!
illustration of Bobcat by Julius Csotonyi, from Natural History of Canadian Mammals by Donna Naughton, 2012.