BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 26, 2022
Andrew Perry and some friends spent Saturday riding the roads while bird hunting and scouting for deer in the North Woods. “We just happened to come up around a bend and spotted fur,” Perry said. Within a few seconds, they realized that what they were seeing was two Canada lynx. “Usually, it’s a quick glimpse and they’re gone. They don’t stick around.” On this occasion, the gorgeous lynx carried on with their haunting cries during what appeared to be a largely non-confrontational standoff. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2000 listed Canada lynx as a federally threatened species in Maine and 13 other northern states due to inadequate protection of habitat on federal lands. The federal wildlife service concluded in 2017 that Maine is home to the largest lynx population in the lower 48 states.