Dan walked up on a Mountain Lion today on nature trail, about 30 yards across the creek from him and approx 150
yards from the motorhome. We
think it is the same lion we posted pics of just above in our October blogs,
but some of the facial markings are different. Perhaps it was dried blood
spatter last time and he cleaned it. Dan shot lot's of pics and some short videos which he
posted to youtube.
The you tube videos came out fuzzy, even though on camera and computer from the sd card it is clear. The camera was zoomed in about 30 - 40 X so it is shaky footage (handheld, no tripod or monopod). The one labeled Mtn_lion is the one to view first.
5 videos of the lion taken yesterday, plus other critters from videos we took last year:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AC7880
The cat isn't stalking us. It might think Dan is stalking it - second time he has walked up on it. If there were not so many deer and fawns around we would be more concerned. It looks well fed.
Dan and the cat watched each other for 10 - 15 minutes. Dan even called Sandy on the cell phone, and she was able to walk over in time to see the cat leaving.
This makes Dan's 3rd sighting and Sandy's second within the last 25 days.
The you tube videos came out fuzzy, even though on camera and computer from the sd card it is clear. The camera was zoomed in about 30 - 40 X so it is shaky footage (handheld, no tripod or monopod). The one labeled Mtn_lion is the one to view first.
5 videos of the lion taken yesterday, plus other critters from videos we took last year:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AC7880
The cat isn't stalking us. It might think Dan is stalking it - second time he has walked up on it. If there were not so many deer and fawns around we would be more concerned. It looks well fed.
Dan and the cat watched each other for 10 - 15 minutes. Dan even called Sandy on the cell phone, and she was able to walk over in time to see the cat leaving.
This makes Dan's 3rd sighting and Sandy's second within the last 25 days.
WOW! I've been so busy watching for javelinas I've forgotten to be afraid of lions!
ReplyDeleteAwesome photo's! From what I could tell on your map you are in AZ now? Scary note for us here in our urban neighborhood in KS... end of Oct. one of our neighborhood fawns was found dead in a yard, apparently killed by a large cat and not a bobcat! And our neighbor behind us, approximately a half acre divided by cedar trees, came out on her deck and there was a cougar in her yard! Too scary!!! Glad yours is a "friend"!
ReplyDeleteI'll save you a trip a tell you that I'm not currently blogging since last summer.
That would really freak me out! But great photos.
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