Lions, Colorado-style
Deborah Harrell <harrellmedleg-/[email protected]>
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It's taken over 10 years and really was pure luck, but I've finally seen cougars in the wild, about 1/4 mile from where I live - whoohoo! We were driving out at dusk, and there they were: a pair (courting?) just ~ 30 ft (10 meters, A?) off the road. They looked in good shape, without any big scars, moving fluidly, glossy-coated. I think the big one was a male, as it was a little jowly (like a tomcat, not fat!), and the slighter one was both shyer and appeared svelte, not 'lollopy' like an adolescent. It was a good wildlife-sighting week: turkey chicks, a pair of golden eagles (I was told they're the local breeding pair at Ken Caryl), a hawk family with an eyas (that's the term for a now-flying chick, IIRC) and as the jewels in the crown, cougars. Debbi Can You Feel The Love Tonight? Maru :D