Published May 08, 2013
Bill Hansen, who with his wife, Cindy, owns Sawbill Canoe Outfitters
at the end of the road north of Tofte, experienced what he called “the
sighting of a lifetime” Saturday evening.
By:
Sam Cook, Forum News Service, INFORUM
Bill Hansen, who with his wife, Cindy, owns Sawbill Canoe
Outfitters at the end of the road north of Tofte, experienced what he
called “the sighting of a lifetime” Saturday evening.
He
was headed to town about 7 p.m. when, on a back road near Sawbill Lake,
he saw two lynx facing off. The two growled and yowled at each other for
about 20 minutes, Hansen said. He made a video with his iPhone showing
part of their encounter.
Hansen isn’t sure just what the cats were up to.
“Just
from watching domestic cats, I got the hunch it was two males just
posturing,” Hansen said. “Once in a while they’d move toward each other,
and that would set off another round of yowling. But they never took a
swipe at each other.”
Chris Balzer, Department of Natural
Resources area wildlife manager at Cloquet, said he isn’t sure what the
cats’ behavior means.
“I would assume mating season is well
behind us,” Balzer said. “They probably would have kittens already or
very soon. It might have been a little territorial dispute? It did
appear the smaller of the two lynx retreated and the larger one held its
ground. On the other hand, there was no indication of aggressive
behavior other than the vocalizations. Maybe things are going well and
they just said ‘hi’ to each other.”
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