Move Over, Coyotes; Bobcats Arrive In Belmont
The cat is hard to find – it's shy – but is active at night hunting rabbits, deers and ... cats!
It appears that bobcats have decided to make Belmont Hill home. A Rutledge Road resident spotted its new neighbor on Monday, marking the third time (once on Pleasant Street and another time on the Lexington line along upper Concord Avenue) in the past year the relatively shy animal – it is a cat – has been seen wandering the neighborhood of high-end homes and woodlands. "They're beautiful, beautiful animals. They're gorgeous," said Belmont Animal Control Officer John Maguranis in a Boston Globe story. A North American-relative to the lynx, the bobcat will be a handsome addition to Belmont Hill wildlife scene with its gray-to-brown spotted coat, black-tufted ears, an expressive ruff-filled whiskered face and its distinctive black-tipped "…
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5:59 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Memo to Mary T: I am a dog lover. My small dogs have been attacked by unleashed dogs. Unleashed dogs are EVERYWHERE in the open space on the hill. Our beloved ACO is not physically able to venture too far from his van-so you will not see him spending an afternoon on the trails up at the Habitat !! Why do we have an ACO who can not venture into the woods ? A good question. more ›