Co-author Irina Rotenko
In mid-Could 2023, an grownup feminine lynx, whom we confer with as Mikhalina, gave beginning inside a densely layered treefall spanning roughly three hectares. She had three kittens. The next two photographs depict the treefall.
Within the video positioned under, you may see the Mikhalina den because it was in March 2024, a yr after its development in 2023. An grownup male lynx, recognized domestically as Pliamkach, who additionally resides within the neighborhood, is seen approaching Mikhalina’s former den. This den was constructed inside a dense layer of root plate from an upturned massive spruce, that includes a 1.2-meter-long tunnel resulting in a den chamber roughly 0.5 meters in diameter. It’s doable that Mikhalina, the feminine lynx, gave beginning on the root plate and subsequently moved her kittens to the prearranged burrow-den.
In late Could 2024, a feminine lynx named Mikhalina gave beginning in a thicket made up of younger spruces and fallen bushes, roughly 200 meters from the talked about treefall. The birthplace was a former pink deer resting website inside the thicket. The positioning had numerous lynx hair and a small, freshly dug pit beneath a log, which contained a major quantity of lynx hair. The placement is depicted within the {photograph} under.
It seems that Mikhalina, a feminine lynx, has moved her kittens to the talked about treefall, making a cavity-den inside the dense root plate of a big uprooted spruce. This relocation occurred simply days after she gave beginning in a younger spruce thicket. The den options an oval chamber roughly 0.9 meters in size and 0.3-0.5 meters in width, with an identical top of 0.3-0.5 meters. There are two exterior entrances to the den.
It’s noteworthy {that a} comparable den was utilized by Mikhalina in Could 2023. Moreover, it’s worthwhile to note that Mikhalina’s dens of 2023 and 2024 have been positioned in the identical treefall, merely 72 metres aside.
On this hole den and its rapid neighborhood, Mikhalina’s three kittens remained till the tip of July. On August 4th, Mikhalina moved her three kittens to the earlier den from Could 2023, the place the lynx household lingered not less than till August 18th.
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