Hi fellow nature recordists,
I though I'd share some picture and a story that has been unfolding around=
my home here in central Arizona.
About two weeks ago a young male Mountain Lion (AKA: Puma), Puma concolor,=
started hanging around our house. He killed a Raccoon one night in the back=
yard and has been staying here since then. He weighs about 45 pounds (20 Kg=
or so), and is about 8 months old. We called the Game and Fish officials,
who came out and tranquilized him and tagged one ear, and put a radio
transmitter in the other ear, so they could track him by air every few week=
s.
Since then he continues to visit every few days - he even got sprayed by a=
Striped Skunk outside our bedroom a few nights ago - he regretted that, and=
so did we, the room still smells like a skunk!
I've [posted a bunch of pictures (I've taken over 300 so far!) at
http://www.pbase.com/dougvg/alex_the_mountain_lion&page=3Dall. So far I
haven't gotten any good recordings, but I will, I'm sure. They are pretty
quiet most of the time unless they are killing something or angry at the do=
g.
Doug
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