I stopped by the ODNR site recently and was looking over the list of critters the state was asking for sighting reports.
http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and-habitats/report-wildlife-sightings
The list included the following:
Eagles and Black Bear have been around for some years now. I see bobcats every few years. Only pigs have been some kids 4H projects gotten loose. Otters, none yet but they are in neighboring areas 10-15 miles east of me. Grouse; almost never now. Snowshoe's have been being re-introduced in south county by the state but I've never seen one (in Ohio).
Is the decline in Turkey a re-set ? Nature balancing out the order of things after an abundance of population with increased predators? It can't all be due to loss of habitat in such a short time. Did the state knock down the population as they have with the White Tail?
What are your thoughts?
http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and-habitats/report-wildlife-sightings
The list included the following:
- Wild Turkey
- Badger
- Bald Eagle Nest
- Barn Owl
- Black Bear
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Bobcat
- Feral Swine
- Fisher
- Gray Fox
- Peregrine Falcon
- Porcupine
- River Otter
- Ruffed Grouse
- Sandhill Crane
- Snowshoe Hare
- Trumpeter Swan
- Weasel
Eagles and Black Bear have been around for some years now. I see bobcats every few years. Only pigs have been some kids 4H projects gotten loose. Otters, none yet but they are in neighboring areas 10-15 miles east of me. Grouse; almost never now. Snowshoe's have been being re-introduced in south county by the state but I've never seen one (in Ohio).
Is the decline in Turkey a re-set ? Nature balancing out the order of things after an abundance of population with increased predators? It can't all be due to loss of habitat in such a short time. Did the state knock down the population as they have with the White Tail?
What are your thoughts?