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First Speaker

(4,858 posts) Tue Sep 27, 2016, 08:10 PM Sep 2016

I saw a bobcat in my yard today...

...and we're not way up, in Vermont or New Hampshire...this is suburban CT--Orange--not four blocks from the Post Road. I watched him for awhile, then he noticed me and went into the woods. Lovely animal! So on top of deer, turkeys, possums, a family of albino skunks, hawks, an occasional fox and rabbit, a very occasional eagle, and--once--a coyote, we have a bobcat. The more, the merrier...

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I saw a bobcat in my yard today... (Original Post) First Speaker Sep 2016 OP

A bobcat, eh? Cool! All the rest of them we had in Joisey, and we have all but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2016 #1

They're in the area, but haven't seen one in our yard yet... First Speaker Sep 2016 #2

I live in lower New Haven County bigwillq Sep 2016 #3

I keep finding myself between a mom bobcat and her cubs at work Skittles Sep 2016 #4

Was expecting: True Dough Sep 2016 #5

We're in a CA burb next to a watershed, and we have flocks of wild turkeys spiderpig Sep 2016 #6

Wild cats are the best rumdude Sep 2016 #7

A friend of mine once told me... Callmecrazy Sep 2016 #8

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. A bobcat, eh? Cool! All the rest of them we had in Joisey, and we have all but...

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 08:15 PM

Sep 2016

skunks and coyotes here on Long Island.

Foxes are around, but really, really hard to spot.

You got bears, too, dontcha?

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

2. They're in the area, but haven't seen one in our yard yet...

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 08:27 PM

Sep 2016

...I didn't know there was enough open space on Lawn Guyland these days for any wildlife...that heartens me...

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

3. I live in lower New Haven County

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 09:14 PM

Sep 2016

not too far from Orange and saw one last winter in my backyard.

Beautiful creature.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

4. I keep finding myself between a mom bobcat and her cubs at work

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 09:30 PM

Sep 2016

she seems pretty laid back and just keeps and eye on her babies and the people....BEAUTIFUL animals

True Dough

(17,305 posts)

5. Was expecting:

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Tue Sep 27, 2016, 09:35 PM

Sep 2016

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)

6. We're in a CA burb next to a watershed, and we have flocks of wild turkeys

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Sep 28, 2016, 04:53 AM

Sep 2016

walking all over the lawns and driveways.

Foxes, skunks, coyote, deer, possums - they'll come right up and peek in the patio door.

Hawks circling above and owls perched on our chimney. Quails on the fence. Hummies in the garden.

Occasional rattlesnakes, but they don't bother me. Spiders, on the other hand...

rumdude

(448 posts)

7. Wild cats are the best

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Sep 28, 2016, 05:42 AM

Sep 2016

Bobcats, lynx, mountain lions, jaguars....

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

8. A friend of mine once told me...

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Sep 28, 2016, 07:58 AM

Sep 2016

"You're walking on a trail in the Everglades and you come to a fork in the road. Up one path you see a bobcat. On the other you see a panther. If you can't turn back, head toward the panther because that bobcat will tear you to shreds. The panther will probably run."
I was up close to a caged bobcat and those damn things are as big as a pitbull. Got a nasty growl too.

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