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This gorgeous cat was seen by myself and two of my teen nature enthusiasts while walking this evening. It's coat is gray-tan with dark spots. You can see how well it camouflages in this habitat. "The bobcat is muscular, and its hind legs are longer than its front legs, giving it a bobbing gait." The tracks can be seen at: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/211... and the scat at: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/703...
Along a coastal scrub trail up on a hill near sunset. "it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States. The bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semidesert, urban edge, forest edges, and swampland environments. It persists in much of its original range, and populations are healthy." - Wikipedia
The cat was right next to the trail and ran when it saw us. It stayed right at the bush line for several minutes before finally retreating. When we returned on our way back, it was back at the bush line and just watched us go by.
Spotted on Dec 1, 2012
Submitted on Dec 2, 2012
26 Comments (1–25)
Thank you!
great pics..
Beautiful!! and great pictures!! You are so lucky to have seen it in person... I LOVE Bobcats, thank you for sharing.
Supercute
Love the edit job. Nice photo!
Good job of revamping.
What a great spotting to share with your fellow hikers. Thank you for sharing with us too. :)
You really can see him better; his facial expressions in particular.
Wow, thank you everyone! I cropped the images a bit and added contrast as suggested. Now you can see this beauty a lot better :)
Wonderful series! I would love to see one in the wild!
I love your bobcat Cindy!
I am partial to Bobcats because of the one that visited my garden in Florida!
what an awesome spotting!
Oh what a great experience! I love this spotting!
Great spotting and yes easy to miss because of the colours....
Simply Gorgeous!
I've found some of the neatest things when I didn't have the appropriate lens on the camera. Isn't that always the way? All that aside, I think you did a great job of capturing the moment with the bobcat. Don't know how I missed this one originally. :-)
Congrats Cindy! Beautiful find!
Spectacular Cindy!!! These animal's are so shy. I have seen two and wished that I had a camera. You were so lucky!
Thank you Karen and Ashley :)
This is a great series! So nice of him to hang around for you to get lots of pictures :)
Fantastic spotting Cindy!
Thank you Victoria, Emily and Ava! It was a special moment to spot this cat with my two girls.The Ranger stopped by shortly after and I showed him the photo on my camera. He'd never seen one there before :)
Wow! What a spotting! Nice series.
Beautiful Spotting Cindy! Love it!