Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Death of a young bobcat

Sad to find one of the bobcat kittens dead down the hill this morning. Probably dead a day or two; wounds on its back point to a possible owl attack.

Could also have been a coyote or male bobcat. We don't have stray dogs in the neighborhood, so probably a wild predator.

It was larger than a big house cat, but not grown, maybe twenty pounds.

We haven't seen the mother again either. Buried it under the juniper where it died.

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