As for Cliff J and his inquiries about fresh prints around new housing developments, all family parties involved seem to be avoiding making any physical presence known in regards to the areas being newly expanded for human habitation. A few of the SNW members figured that the new clearcutting along the northern and eastern perimeters would cause our current BF family observational group to leave the immediate area, but they appear to be maintaining usage of the various established game trails and such that were not severed by separation of the greenbelts. As for right now, the realtors only appear to be pushing the availability of lots for sale, no housing starts as of yet have begun that I am aware of. The BF family group has moved in a few miles deeper to the SW in response to some of the local developments, and have appeared to establish a vocal interactional relationship with a local farmer's hounddogs. Both at times soliciting each other's response within the surrounding valley walls and floor, observations based upon the usage of multi-tonal vocalizations and/or howlings directed towards each other's vicinity. Most of the interactional vocalizations occuring between the BF and fenced in and/or secured resident's dogs. Which end up following each other along the perimeter of a particular resident's property, and/or until the prolonged interaction between the two has ended. Those are just a few of the notations for now, I will attempt to add more field research notes in the near future within the message board, since this appears to be the best mode of transmittal information. Take it easy and talk to you all later.
Adrian
Posted on Jul 17, 2002, 10:36 PM from IP address 12.229.153.33