A couple of evenings ago, I was in the kitchen and my wife was in the living room--which has big sliding glass doors looking out onto our back courtyard--when she said, "Come quickly and look!"
Well hello there kitty! BIG kitty...
our first outside-of-a-zoo bobcat sighting!
He was leisurely perusing our patio, sniffing my sandals...
I grabbed my iPhone and the best we could do was to try and see
if any snapshots would turn out through the window--
we figured if we opened the door we would scare the bobcat off...
I did manage this one halfway-decent shot--taken through the sliding screen door.
The bobcat spent several minutes stretching and cleaning himself in some shrubs,
and then, before walking slowly toward the back wall, he stared right at us:
...and then after an effortless hop on to the wall:
...checking things out...
...he spent a few more minutes catching the last rays before sunset...
...before finally walking along the neighbor's fence...
...and away for the evening...
It makes us wonder--how many times has this cat (or others) visited our neighborhood? We often hear coyotes at night...and I've seen hawks and javelinas all around our neighborhood--but bobcats--we didn't think we lived ''out enough" to see them from our window...
Our little backyard, with its birdbath and occasional ground-squirrels--are we part of this cat's 'territory?' Voilà the thrill of the week...
Our little backyard, with its birdbath and occasional ground-squirrels--are we part of this cat's 'territory?' Voilà the thrill of the week...
So cool !! What a fantastic encounter.
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