Works for me.
Under the shade of volcanic rock, on a pumice and pinyon pine slope, I set a "corner cam."
I.e., a camera trap set designed to get animals as they explore around a corner.
Much like the Grotto set, a bobkitty was the largest of the 11 species to play-through.
But on the first visit, she didn't have time to dally about...
And on her second visit, bobkitty defeated my "corner cam" - sneaking in over the rock.
Dang spidey-cats.
But nicely, she stopped for a good roll.
And I didn't even use catnip this time - just a few dabs of a slightly skunky scent.
Everyone all together now: "Awwwwww..."
Here's the full series of photos in a flipbook-style video:
Now that we've gotten our bobcat-cuteness fix, we'll look at the other 10 species that passed by over the 8 weeks this Mono Basin camera lasted.
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References:
- Wikipedia - Bobcat
- Nature of a man (this blog) - posts on cam trapping the Mono Basin
super nice shot of her pads showing toes and front versus hind. I really want to figure out what a roll print looks like. Maybe I should put a big box of scented sand in my house and dump one of the house cats in it. Will the family abide such important research?
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ReplyDeleteaw..... already popped out of my mouth. Such a great sequence. Fun to see a bobcat do something other than hunt & stare at you. Very kitty-cat like.
It's funny how you can know about eyespots, but they can still startle, even though you are looking at a series of bobcat photos. When it works, it works!