The Mountain Lion struck and killed by a car in Connecticut in June has been confirmed as a wild animal. Its journey originated in South Dakota, 1,500 miles to the west! The last confirmed sighting of a cougar in Connecticut was in the late 1800s.
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
Incredible that it reached Conn. and such a shame that it was hit by a car. Maybe wandering Cougars explains other sightings in the east (my aunt swears that she saw one in northwestern Penn.).
Amazing research. Makes one wonder how many other discredited sightings are authentic. A sighting like this just adds a touch of hope for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers’ continued existence.