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It's a good morning my wife got to hear the bobcat (Original Post) Duncanpup Oct 2021 OP
When I lived up in the mountains... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #1
Wow Duncanpup Oct 2021 #2
But you Have black bears there... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #3
We have bobcats PJMcK Oct 2021 #4
I hope the Boog and Duncan Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #5
Diamonddog thank you yet We have never encountered it Duncanpup Oct 2021 #6
We are lucky Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #8
Sweet! For the first time, I saw a fox in my tiny urban backyard last night. femmedem Oct 2021 #7
Fantastic Duncanpup Oct 2021 #11
I saw a chipmunk on my property yesterday,.... magicarpet Oct 2021 #9
Absolutely Duncanpup Oct 2021 #10
It was me. I just got the bill for my bathroom renovation. Thank goodness the tarp was on ... marble falls Oct 2021 #12
😂 Duncanpup Oct 2021 #14
That's so cool! piddyprints Oct 2021 #13
I saw one in Wisconsin some years ago hauckeye Oct 2021 #15
I'm envious Ryarod Nov 2021 #16
Tell us about your large animals. marble falls Nov 2021 #17

2naSalit

(92,636 posts)
1. When I lived up in the mountains...
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 05:46 AM
Oct 2021

There was a bobcat who liked to crap in an anthill behind my car and a fox who peed on my porch almost every night. Never saw either of them in the act but it was interesting to know they passed only a couple feet from me while I slept. It was quite a different feeling when I got up to find bears had opened someone else's trash outside my door. I had grizzly bear nose prints on the outside of my front door.

2naSalit

(92,636 posts)
3. But you Have black bears there...
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 05:55 AM
Oct 2021

I've seen 'em.

Yeah, bear spray is a regular thing by my door, even now.

What I really miss are the wolves singing at night. Wasn't every night but often.

PJMcK

(22,869 posts)
4. We have bobcats
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 07:01 AM
Oct 2021

Our house is in the forest in the Catskills. I’ve seen the bobcat only once and guess it’s about 30-40 lbs. I’ve seen it’s paw prints many times and plan to keep those razor-sharp claws a good distance away from me.

They’re quite beautiful in a ferocious way. Don’t mess with them!

femmedem

(8,444 posts)
7. Sweet! For the first time, I saw a fox in my tiny urban backyard last night.
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 07:17 AM
Oct 2021

A gray fox. We locked eyes for a moment through the window before he or she darted off.

It is awesome indeed. We're lucky.

marble falls

(62,041 posts)
12. It was me. I just got the bill for my bathroom renovation. Thank goodness the tarp was on ...
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 07:38 AM
Oct 2021

the floor, I'da cracked what has to be 24k gold tile when I fell out.

piddyprints

(14,815 posts)
13. That's so cool!
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 07:41 AM
Oct 2021

We have a little fox that comes to our yard. I got a picture of it curled up taking a nap in front of the woods a week or so ago. Then one night it walked up the driveway and got caught by the security camera. I once saw a mocking bird chase a fox all the way across out yard, through the horse pasture, and into the woods.

We can hear the coyotes at night if the windows are open, although we rarely see them.

When the pears and apples are ripe, the deer come into the yard and take them right off the trees.

Animals in the wild really are awesome.





hauckeye

(721 posts)
15. I saw one in Wisconsin some years ago
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 08:33 AM
Oct 2021

We were staying at a family cottage on Cedar Lake in Manitowoc county. I got up early to walk and it came out of the woods to the road. Made a sound like a cough or throat-clearing. My biologist husband didn’t believe me at first, but when I imitated the sound it made, he recognized it as a bobcat. Probably the early 1990s.

Ryarod

(2 posts)
16. I'm envious
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 09:11 AM
Nov 2021

I envy you very strongly. I would love to perceive more signs of medium-large wild animals where I live. A bobcat is one such animal.

Granted the prospect of something like a bear or a cougar would be intimidating.

You have my thanks for sharing this. A little insight into life that could be.

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