Bobcat - Lynx rufus - male These clips are of a male bobcat hunting. The male had a swollen left cheek. Conditions were rainy, slight wind and flat, low light. Late afternoon.

Bobcat - Lynx rufus - male This male bobcat was hunting in the grass in high heat and he looked very hot and was panting. He plopped down in the shade for a rest until a park service van drove down the fire road trail and spooked the bobcat. Conditions were unseasonably hot, clear cloudless sky, late afternoon.

Junior bobs!! Bobcat kittens Lynx rufus Bright sun, 80+ degrees About a 100 yards off in the distance I spotted a bobcat. The cat was running what look like in circles. It did not look like it was hunting, it looked like it was just running back and forth. After a few seconds I realized that there were two kittens that were running after her! Junior bobs! How exciting and how brief was the sighting. I got about 75 yards away but she caught sight of me and quickly collected her kittens and disappeared into the chaparral. I was very excited and wished I could have observed them for longer but I was also very glad she was so protective of them. What a great bobcat mom! She is clearly doing a great job keeping them alive. How hard it is to keep herself healthy and hunt for her and the kittens as well as to keep them from harm's way...from other bobcats, from mountain lions, from birds of prey, from coyotes, from dogs and from humans. She and the two junior bobs looked healthy from that distance. I wanted to follow them but I chose not to because mom looked pretty alarmed when she saw me. I did not want to come across like a predator stalking her kittens. I wished them well and was so happy that I finally saw wild bobcat kittens out learning their new territory with mom. How cool!