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Mountain Lions in Whiting Again
Though I told my Facebook users that I feared the worst for the lion, Fish and Game seems to be following a So-you-wanna-be-around-humans-we’ll-let-you-live-around-humans” policy and sending it to a zoo.
Posted: July 17th, 2012 under Mountain Lions, Neighborhood.
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Lions on the Line Shack
A mother and her cub have been spotted in these parts.
Posted: October 6th, 2004 under Hikes and Trails, Mountain Lions.
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Lion in Wait?
It was about ten to twenty yards south of the Sleepy Hollow entrance that I saw faint tracks in the dust on the left side of the road.
Posted: June 22nd, 2004 under Mountain Lions, Nature, Neighborhood.
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Felis Concolor at Whiting Wilderness 4
On Tuesday, I went for a walk along the Sage Scrub Trail. There, preserved in the hardened mud along that mountain biker-eroded canyon, I saw a series of about ten tracks.
Posted: March 11th, 2004 under Hikes and Trails, Mountain Lions, Nature, Neighborhood.
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Winter Closure Continues at Whiting Ranch
Yellow police tape and red signs remain looped around the area following this month’s earlier mountain lion attack. I suspect that bikers are ignoring the signs.
Posted: January 22nd, 2004 under Mountain Lions, Nature, Neighborhood, The Orange.
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My Mountain Lion
Was this my lion, the lion that I frightened off last October?
Posted: January 11th, 2004 under Mountain Lions, Nature, Neighborhood, The Orange.
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Felis concolor at Whiting Ranch Wilderness 3
We can and will learn from this. My sincere condolences to the family of the victim, to the woman who was mauled, and the two survivors of the incidents.
Posted: January 9th, 2004 under Hiking, Mountain Lions, Nature, Neighborhood, The Orange.
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Felis Concolor at Whiting Ranch Wilderness 2
Think of it: a biker never stops to look. He is always on the move, always — in the eyes of the lion — fleeing. It’s like dragging a piece of red yarn in front of your cat. It’s going to induce it to pounce.
Posted: January 9th, 2004 under Mountain Lions, Nature, Neighborhood, The Orange.
Comments: 10
Deer, Puma Tracks, and Dead Rabbits
I came upon a park ranger who was deciding what to do with a dead rabbit. It had clearly been killed and chewed.
Posted: October 24th, 2003 under Biomes, Creatures, Hiking, Mountain Lions, Neighborhood.
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Moody Mountain Lions and Coyotes
I told my neighbors about seeing the mountain lion the other evening.
Posted: October 23rd, 2003 under Mountain Lions, Nature, Neighborhood.
Comments: 3