One of my goals for this trip was to see a Lynx; and yesterday I finally did. I was out hiking in the park near Sable Pass and as I was walking down Park Road….there he was. They are extremely rare to see because they are very skittish and extremely camouflaged. When I first caught eye of it I only saw movement. It was not until I got a closer look that I saw what was really there. It was a LYNX! I was stoked. It was straight across the road from where I was walking and once it caught sight of me it looked me straight in the eye with the same wonderment and curiosity that I did him.
I think the reason he was there was because there were a tree full of Mag Pie just being loud as hell. I'm glad they were too because it made me focus on that spot. And when I did it was weird because I took a glance into the ditch below the tree and just saw movement. I didn't know what was there so I flinched a bit. Then when I tried to find out what it was I saw that it was a harmless Lynx lookin' all cute.
I watched him climb up and down this hill until the bus came to pick me up. It was amazing to me that he didn't scurry away when he saw me. He looked like he could have been a younger lynx too because he wasn't that big. Maybe about 5 or 6 months old.
When the bus finally came to pick me up I told the driver what I just saw and of course he gets on the loud speaker and tells all the tourists. So, immediately they get all excited and whip their cameras out as quick as they can and start making all kinds of noise.
I wasn't sure if he would show himself after all of that but sure enough, there he was.
Oh, he was so cute…..scurrying all around.
There's nothing like a good wild life sighting in Alaska.
