I don't have internet access while I'm at Lynn's, so I'll be checking my e-mails and doing my blog and catching up on all my news sites just once a day until the 18th. I had a blast with the girls last night - Tessa, Dhisana, Lilly and Lyra were all in fine fettle and we played and chased and acted the fool for quite a few hours. I walked Rosie and Remy this morning, but Remy started favoring his hip a block away from the house, so I took the red kids to visit with Tessa. Tessa and Rosie chased each other in circles around the back yard, while Remy stayed sitting or lying down for most of the time. If I had internet access at Lynn's, I'd just take Lovey and Nedi over there and we'd all stay together happily - but I need my PC time these days, too.
There was a Winter Weather Advisory on the Western Slope last night - anywhere over 9,000 feet got between 3 and 18 inches of snow. We got down to 50 degrees - but we actually have a cooling trend going: today's high is supposed to be 68, tomorrow's 62, Saturday the high will be 48 with rain all day, and then 56 on Sunday. It'll be nice, if it's correct. And Coffeepot is supposed to pick up Mocha on Sunday, between noon and one. She is currently crouched in the patio door way, and Lovey and Nedi are sunning on the concrete. The kits have all had 15 minutes of individual attention, and once I take care of my e-mail, I'll need to head back to Lynn's. I love her house, I love her critters, I love her yard. I miss being home with my kits, though. Maybe I'll take them over once Mocha is gone....
The big story around here is that a 2-year-old male mountain lion was spotted yesterday in a tree next to one of the CU dorms. College kids clambered around, being noisy, and taking lots of photos and videos with their cell phones. The young man who first sighted the big cat, and called the Division of Wildlife, said the cat looked petrified with fear, because he was drawing so much attention. The cougar was tranquilized, fitted with a radio collar, and turned loose on the farthest Boulder County Open Space lands (40 miles and several mountains away to the west). He was estimated to be two-years-old, and his spine length (not counting the tail) was four feet. This is the time of year when male youngsters leave their mom to establish their own hunting territory, and they frequently end up on the west side of Boulder and the CU campus.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Cougars and Ski Resorts
Two ski resorts are opening today at 8:30 a.m. - Arapaho Basin and Loveland. Loveland has a snow base of 15 inches and has 3 runs open; A-Basin has a base of 8 inches and has 2 runs open. There is usually a race to see who will open first to start the "season"; Loveland announced earlier this week that they would open at 9 today - A-Basin then announced 8:30, and Loveland moved their opening back 30 minutes so the opening day title would be shared.
Monday morning, a full grown mountain lion/cougar/puma was spotted on a patio four blocks from my apartment... The residents decided the big cat was interested in their small dog, and after the cougar snarled at the man through a glass door, the man called the Department of Wildlife. DoW baited a trap for the cougar, the trap was sprung, but the cougar was not caught. (Yeah!!!) A lot of people living nearby are upset about this. Personally, I rejoice that a big cat can use the greenways to travel about this growing urban area.
Worried about my cats? Yes, I am. But the address where the cougar was spotted is in a heavily treed area; and while the Boulder Creek Path is at the south end of my apartment building, the backyard is 98% open grass with a couple of trees growing next to the privacy fence, and we live near the north end of the building... so I'm not really terribly concerned about the kits or myself going out and about.
Actually, I totally enjoyed my walk this morning - it was 32 degrees outside, the sun was rising, and (as usual, lately) very few others were out and about. I walked the Boulder Creek Path (in hopes of catching a glimpse of the cougar) and then along 9th Street and back up historic Mapleton, rounding the corner at 30th and back to Arapaho... I saw birds, squirrels, a few runners, two bicyclers, but no big cat. I guess (know) I can't be lucky all the time.
Monday morning, a full grown mountain lion/cougar/puma was spotted on a patio four blocks from my apartment... The residents decided the big cat was interested in their small dog, and after the cougar snarled at the man through a glass door, the man called the Department of Wildlife. DoW baited a trap for the cougar, the trap was sprung, but the cougar was not caught. (Yeah!!!) A lot of people living nearby are upset about this. Personally, I rejoice that a big cat can use the greenways to travel about this growing urban area.
Worried about my cats? Yes, I am. But the address where the cougar was spotted is in a heavily treed area; and while the Boulder Creek Path is at the south end of my apartment building, the backyard is 98% open grass with a couple of trees growing next to the privacy fence, and we live near the north end of the building... so I'm not really terribly concerned about the kits or myself going out and about.
Actually, I totally enjoyed my walk this morning - it was 32 degrees outside, the sun was rising, and (as usual, lately) very few others were out and about. I walked the Boulder Creek Path (in hopes of catching a glimpse of the cougar) and then along 9th Street and back up historic Mapleton, rounding the corner at 30th and back to Arapaho... I saw birds, squirrels, a few runners, two bicyclers, but no big cat. I guess (know) I can't be lucky all the time.
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