The Lynx Returns

11 Responses to “The Lynx Returns”

1. jes on March 11th, 2010 6:50 pm

   Looks like Jim was right….I don’t see any ear “tufts”!

2. Tom Remington on March 11th, 2010 7:25 pm

   I see them very clearly in pictures 1 and 2

3. jes on March 11th, 2010 7:39 pm

   Your picture must be better than mine…..

4. ar on March 11th, 2010 7:47 pm

   The third picture shows there are two tufts, compare the background with the first photo.

5. Harley on March 11th, 2010 9:30 pm

   Kitty!

6. Jim Richards on March 12th, 2010 8:33 am

   Tom,
   Yesterday I said I didn’t think this was a Lynx but after seeing these photos I would say it is a Lynx. I can see the ear tuffs in these shots.

7. Harley on March 12th, 2010 8:36 am

   ok…. not kitty.

   Ear tuffs = Lynx, no ear tuffs = Bobcat? Is that how you can tell the two apart? From a quicky glance without reading anything at pictures on the net, I was like… wait, they look alike but I wasn’t looking at the ears.

8. Jim Richards on March 12th, 2010 8:50 am

   The ear tufts are one way also a lynx has much bigger feet than a bobcat and a lynx is built higher in the rear.

9. Tom Remington on March 12th, 2010 10:21 am

   I’m going to post another picture in awhile of a lynx taken in the same area. It may or may not be the same one. This photo shows the large feet of the lynx – his “snowshoes” to get around and catch those hares. Although not clearly, it shows the all black tip of his tail.

10. Bob Carrier on March 14th, 2010 10:31 am

    Bobcats and lynx both have ear tufts. Its clear to me that that is a lynx.

11. Jim Richards on March 14th, 2010 10:37 am

    True but a bobcats tufts are shorter in length.

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