Predation at UC Santa Cruz
I haven’t posted a picture from UC Santa Cruz for a while. But here are some nice game camera shots of bobcats taking their lunch for a walk! Photos from Mike Bolte and Alex Jones.
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Bobcat moms with kittens! even cuter than pumas?
Recently, we got some photos and videos (from Max Allen) of bobcat moms and their kittens in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Although it’s pretty easy to see bobcats, it’s really hard to see them with kittens. Read more at santacruzpumas.org
Predator and Prey Part 2. My camera got this great picture of a bobcat getting ready to pounce! See if you can find its intended victim in the photo. Bobcats are very important small mammal predators in communities. In parts of the east coast where my friend Taal works, bobcats are still very rare because they haven’t recovered from the fur trade yet.
Predator and Prey
Woodrats play an important role in the ecosystem and serve as food for many predators. This bobcat was coming by with woodrats quite often in the last month - probably because she had some kittens (picture coming!)
More Animal Self Portraits
Watch out Franz Lanting! New wildlife photographers are on the loose in the Santa Cruz Mountains!
About CarnivoreCam
I am a PhD Student at UC Santa Cruz. I've created CarnivoreCam as a site where I post pictures of animals captured by motion detecting cameras throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains. Many of these animals live within minutes of major Silicon Valley companies such as Google, Apple, Netflix, Facebook and many more. Here is a place to explore wildlife that is rarely observed - a touch of nature in the cradle of our modern technological society.
