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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: trussell on June 06, 2014, 12:01:14 PM

Title: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: trussell on June 06, 2014, 12:01:14 PM

Does anyone at the northern end of rte 104 have a Maine coon cat- or another breed of 20+ lb tiger cat) that may have been out yesterday?  Around 10:00 last night we were startled when one was standing on the deck railing and peering in our living room window.  It didn't appear to be aggressive and just walked away when I opened the door to investigate.  I didn't have a problem with it, I'm just curious since I rarely seen wildlife in my yard.

(No, it wasn't a fisher cat)

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: trussell on June 06, 2014, 09:07:42 PM

Could it have possibly been a bobcat??? Now I'm curious!

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: rod anode on June 07, 2014, 04:42:50 AM

they like babies too

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: mkr on June 09, 2014, 12:19:41 PM

Maine Coon Cats usually have pretty long hair.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/MaineCoonSilverTabby.jpg)

Where Bobcats (Eastern) look like this
(http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/vtcritters/photos/mammals/Eastern%20Bobcat/bobcat2.jpg)

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: trussell on June 09, 2014, 03:06:46 PM

Ohh.. It didn't have long hair- looked suspiciously like the second one.  Wow, that's really interesting!

Ed- Thanks for the vote of confidence :)

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: Mike Raburn on June 09, 2014, 03:11:50 PM

Canuck Lynx?

https://www.google.com/search?q=canadian+lynx+in+vermont&rlz=1C1AVSX_enUS494&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xxWWU7ONAoWGogSI0IIg&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1067&bih=542 (https://www.google.com/search?q=canadian+lynx+in+vermont&rlz=1C1AVSX_enUS494&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xxWWU7ONAoWGogSI0IIg&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1067&bih=542)

http://www.recorder.com/news/state/region/9990589-95/canada-lynx-may-be-on-rise-in-northeast-vermont (http://www.recorder.com/news/state/region/9990589-95/canada-lynx-may-be-on-rise-in-northeast-vermont)

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: Mike Raburn on June 09, 2014, 03:12:22 PM

Quote from: rod anode on June 07, 2014, 04:42:50 AM

they like babies too

Those are dingos nitwit.

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: trussell on June 09, 2014, 09:26:11 PM

Ahh, Canadian Lynx... Could be!  Very interesting!

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: CathyL on June 10, 2014, 05:27:18 PM

This winter i took pictures of pawprints in the snow next to my cats prints. A wildlife naturalist tpld me they could have been a bobcat. I unfortunately did not have anything for scale in the picture so that he could be more certain. But they were so much bigger than my cats prints. I also have seen some other possible bobcat sightings in town this year in the forum.

Title: Re: Maine Coon Cat?
Post by: Mike Raburn on June 10, 2014, 06:34:29 PM

http://travel4wildlife.com/tell-difference-between-canadian-lynx-bobcat/#.U5eUtfnYNOI (http://travel4wildlife.com/tell-difference-between-canadian-lynx-bobcat/#.U5eUtfnYNOI)

T-Man, it could have been either or.

I do know it wasn't a dingo.

The lynx(s) on the above page look smaller than the ones I have seen up here.
They roam up on the hillside here.

When I see pictures of Maine, NH, VT, moose they look nothing like ours up here.