one of the most interesting things, to me, about cats is they all move alike - whether a fluffy house cat, bobcat, leopard or what ever. It’s just that some have bigger bites and claws than others ;-)
I have a Coopers Hawk poaching birds at by back yard feeder recently.
We have a similar backyard minus the cacti. That is what my tabby cat Eustace pictures himself as.
Great video - got to see my first bobcat in the wild this past deer season as it walked through the deer trail I was watching. It finally sensed me watching it and spooked out of the area very quickly.
Snagging a quail, one of nature’s popcorn.
They make up for it by having a hella high reproduction rate. Their ideal breeding area is a small barren circle with dense bushes in a ring. Once quail move in, in short order you are up to your hips in quail.
There’s a homeowner in North Scottsdale with a concrete block fenced desert backyard that is just perfect for bobcats. A female cat, when pregnant, has moved in a few times to have and raise her litter. The homeowner went so far as to talk to their veterinarian, and just once a litter to put out some cat chow with extra nutrients, to give them an advantage in the wild.
But it made me wonder. Such backyard designs are common. So why this one in particular?
The prey is a Gambel’s Quail. Quite common in Arizona.
They are pretty aware of environs.
The bobcat had be really quiet.
We lived in the woods. My cat was outside and I heard fighting cat growls. I walked out on my deck, looked out back and saw my cat in the shadows of the trees. “Here kitty kitty”.
Meow..... I heard from behind me. I looked back and saw my cat. I looked at the tree and noticed that cat was quite a bit larger than mine.... as he slinked off in the shadows.
Kewel...