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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 3:57:18 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and wolves mated, and they continue to do so. I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently it's a thing. Here in the Twin Cities some have been spotted, but the prairies are not too far away to the west and south, and the Mississippi River corridor makes for pretty convenient migration of non-flying animals into and through the metro area. I live a more or less literal stone's throw from an interstate smack in the middle of the Twin Cities and there was a large grey fox living within a block of our house. Deer have been seen in backyards here. The Mississippi River gorge is less than a mile away which probably accounts for this. And of course we have the usual complement of rabbits, squirrels, racoons, oppossums and a few times a year we see red-tail hawks and an eagle or two in our immediate neighborhood. And the spread of coyotes has been remarkable. They now take young deer in our forest preserve - a good thing, overall, I think. And with luck, they may convince people to keep their dogs on leash. Peoples is everywhere and animals are adapting to our encroachment into their ranges with urban expansion by figuring out how to live in urban areas themselves. In what, 40 years or so the Earth's population has nearly doubled and will do so again in even less time (barring famine, pestilence or an outbreak of rationality). http://www.kcra.com/article/bear-spo...police/6421251 "I didn't know you had bears in Tracy" I said to a friend. "Neither did we." |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:57:11 -0600, Tim McNamara
wrote: On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and wolves mated, and they continue to do so. I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently it's a thing. Here in the Twin Cities some have been spotted, but the prairies are not too far away to the west and south, and the Mississippi River corridor makes for pretty convenient migration of non-flying animals into and through the metro area. I live a more or less literal stone's throw from an interstate smack in the middle of the Twin Cities and there was a large grey fox living within a block of our house. Deer have been seen in backyards here. The Mississippi River gorge is less than a mile away which probably accounts for this. And of course we have the usual complement of rabbits, squirrels, racoons, oppossums and a few times a year we see red-tail hawks and an eagle or two in our immediate neighborhood. And the spread of coyotes has been remarkable. They now take young deer in our forest preserve - a good thing, overall, I think. And with luck, they may convince people to keep their dogs on leash. Peoples is everywhere and animals are adapting to our encroachment into their ranges with urban expansion by figuring out how to live in urban areas themselves. In what, 40 years or so the Earth's population has nearly doubled and will do so again in even less time (barring famine, pestilence or an outbreak of rationality). I've read that the white tailed deer population in New Hampshire actually increased, during the 1800's and early 1900's, in northern parts of the state, with an increase in the human population due to the killing of wolves and the clearing of forest land which provided the deer with a greater food supply due to an increase in grazing areas. I'm sure though that the population decreased with the paving over hay fields to make parking lots :-) -- cheers, John B. |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
I was outside Terlingua TX in deep quiet wit an occasional rrrrrrrr vehicle.
Was dark n opened a can of soup for dinner ....immediately the desert began yowyowyowling with 2-3 coyote packs. Not next door.....somewhere over the hill n thru the brush. I understand the word for a positive ( not coyote but grackles eating off Walmart's parking lot ) human-animal association is 'commensurate' |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 8:54:28 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:57:11 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and wolves mated, and they continue to do so. I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently it's a thing. Here in the Twin Cities some have been spotted, but the prairies are not too far away to the west and south, and the Mississippi River corridor makes for pretty convenient migration of non-flying animals into and through the metro area. I live a more or less literal stone's throw from an interstate smack in the middle of the Twin Cities and there was a large grey fox living within a block of our house. Deer have been seen in backyards here. The Mississippi River gorge is less than a mile away which probably accounts for this. And of course we have the usual complement of rabbits, squirrels, racoons, oppossums and a few times a year we see red-tail hawks and an eagle or two in our immediate neighborhood. And the spread of coyotes has been remarkable. They now take young deer in our forest preserve - a good thing, overall, I think. And with luck, they may convince people to keep their dogs on leash. Peoples is everywhere and animals are adapting to our encroachment into their ranges with urban expansion by figuring out how to live in urban areas themselves. In what, 40 years or so the Earth's population has nearly doubled and will do so again in even less time (barring famine, pestilence or an outbreak of rationality). I've read that the white tailed deer population in New Hampshire actually increased, during the 1800's and early 1900's, in northern parts of the state, with an increase in the human population due to the killing of wolves and the clearing of forest land which provided the deer with a greater food supply due to an increase in grazing areas. I'm sure though that the population decreased with the paving over hay fields to make parking lots :-) -- cheers, John B. corn for dairy cattle |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 8:58:25 PM UTC-5, DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH wrote:
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 8:54:28 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote: On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:57:11 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and wolves mated, and they continue to do so. I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently it's a thing. Here in the Twin Cities some have been spotted, but the prairies are not too far away to the west and south, and the Mississippi River corridor makes for pretty convenient migration of non-flying animals into and through the metro area. I live a more or less literal stone's throw from an interstate smack in the middle of the Twin Cities and there was a large grey fox living within a block of our house. Deer have been seen in backyards here. The Mississippi River gorge is less than a mile away which probably accounts for this. And of course we have the usual complement of rabbits, squirrels, racoons, oppossums and a few times a year we see red-tail hawks and an eagle or two in our immediate neighborhood. And the spread of coyotes has been remarkable. They now take young deer in our forest preserve - a good thing, overall, I think. And with luck, they may convince people to keep their dogs on leash. Peoples is everywhere and animals are adapting to our encroachment into their ranges with urban expansion by figuring out how to live in urban areas themselves. In what, 40 years or so the Earth's population has nearly doubled and will do so again in even less time (barring famine, pestilence or an outbreak of rationality). I've read that the white tailed deer population in New Hampshire actually increased, during the 1800's and early 1900's, in northern parts of the state, with an increase in the human population due to the killing of wolves and the clearing of forest land which provided the deer with a greater food supply due to an increase in grazing areas. I'm sure though that the population decreased with the paving over hay fields to make parking lots :-) -- cheers, John B. corn for dairy cattle Bing has a homepage for the Nubian fossil water deposit http://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/ou...ons/statewide/ |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
Tim McNamara wrote:
:On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: : : Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the : hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in : Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When : coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and : wolves mated, and they continue to do so. :I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban :coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to :me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently :it's a thing. I live in Chicago. I've seen them from my living room. -- sig 65 |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
moist California rivers are not near flood stage...flowing but not bankfull. according to the USGS stream gauges accessed thru the caption bar atop the local NWS from National map here's the Eel at Fernbridge last crossing before the Pacific, a broad gravel plain last I was there with a walkable main stream. https://ca.water.usgs.gov/webcams/fernbridge/ |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
On 1/11/2017 8:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:57:11 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and wolves mated, and they continue to do so. I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently it's a thing. Here in the Twin Cities some have been spotted, but the prairies are not too far away to the west and south, and the Mississippi River corridor makes for pretty convenient migration of non-flying animals into and through the metro area. I live a more or less literal stone's throw from an interstate smack in the middle of the Twin Cities and there was a large grey fox living within a block of our house. Deer have been seen in backyards here. The Mississippi River gorge is less than a mile away which probably accounts for this. And of course we have the usual complement of rabbits, squirrels, racoons, oppossums and a few times a year we see red-tail hawks and an eagle or two in our immediate neighborhood. And the spread of coyotes has been remarkable. They now take young deer in our forest preserve - a good thing, overall, I think. And with luck, they may convince people to keep their dogs on leash. Peoples is everywhere and animals are adapting to our encroachment into their ranges with urban expansion by figuring out how to live in urban areas themselves. In what, 40 years or so the Earth's population has nearly doubled and will do so again in even less time (barring famine, pestilence or an outbreak of rationality). I've read that the white tailed deer population in New Hampshire actually increased, during the 1800's and early 1900's, in northern parts of the state, with an increase in the human population due to the killing of wolves and the clearing of forest land which provided the deer with a greater food supply due to an increase in grazing areas. I'm sure though that the population decreased with the paving over hay fields to make parking lots :-) I doubt it. Whitetail deer seem to have adapted extremely well to suburbia. They may not like parking lots, but they love the "edge habitat" that abounds when people move into former woods or farmland and plant grass, tasty shrubs, etc. Their population has soared in recent years. Look at the plot of whitetail population: http://www.deerfriendly.com/_/rsrc/1...=318&width=400 Our neighborhood is admittedly atypical in that we've got acres of woods within an area surrounded by highways, freeways, plazas and parking lots. But I've seen deer running down our residential street many times. Yesterday I added two new protective nets over the shrubs we planted in the fall, in addition to all the other winter fencing we put up a few weeks ago. The deer decided these new shrubs are tasty, and they're not dissuaded by the fact that the shrubs are just three feet from the main entrance to our house. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 8:56:27 PM UTC-8, David Scheidt wrote:
Tim McNamara wrote: :On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: : : Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the : hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in : Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When : coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and : wolves mated, and they continue to do so. :I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban :coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to :me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently :it's a thing. I live in Chicago. I've seen them from my living room. -- sig 65 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...116-story.html |
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58% of California is in Heavy Drought.
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 1:09:53 PM UTC-8, Doug Landau wrote:
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 8:56:27 PM UTC-8, David Scheidt wrote: Tim McNamara wrote: :On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:38:09 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: : : Last week on the PBS program Nova, those animals were part of the : hour-long show. Seems in the east, at least, they originated in : Algonquin National Park, which had an isolated wolf population. When : coyotes recently extended their range into the area, the coyotes and : wolves mated, and they continue to do so. :I saw that, too- quite interesting as I knew little about the urban :coyote phenomenon. My Mom lived in a suburb of Chicago and reported to :me that coyotes had been seen in town. I was skeptical but apparently :it's a thing. I live in Chicago. I've seen them from my living room. -- sig 65 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...116-story.html Doug, according to John you can't tell the difference between a Wolf and a Coyote so how do they know what it is? |
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