Category: Mainely Phenology

Producers/Hosts: Hazel Stark and Joe Horn

Bobcats

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Winter is often framed in poetry and other writings as synonymous with stillness. While stillness is certainly a more present quality of this season in Maine than it is for our other seasons, especially for our local hibernators, life is anything but still for many of our neighboring species; the movement of life is all the more obvious at this point in January. Over the past few weeks, I have seen the tracks of snowshoe hares, coyotes, ravens, mice, squirrels, and the focus for this week’s episode: bobcats.

Producers/Hosts: Hazel Stark and Joe Horn

Snowshoe Hares

Photos, a complete transcript, references, and more information available at mainelyphenology.wordpress.com

The word ‘camouflage’ often conjures up images of army fatigues and turkey hunting enthusiasts, but in Maine and the rest of the northern tier of the United States and Canada, there is one animal that puts to shame our feeble human attempts at blending in with our surroundings: the snowshoe hare.