Last week, this beast of a mountain lion stopped by the latrine area (a spot that multiple cats use for communication, like a big little box). You can see him first respond to the site with the Flehmen response, which helps him smell better, pheromones in particular. He then leaves a urine “scrape”, letting other mountain lions and animals know h was there.
Tag: puma concolor
A new mountain lion
Recently, two of my trail cams caught this female mountain lion passing through a desert canyon. She’s recognizably different than the other lions that frequent the canyon. Specifically, the cuts in each of her ears and more broadly, her body condition, hip structure, and the tip of her tail all indicate a new lion. Also, you can see she has two noticeable open wounds, one on each side of her body. I wonder what her story is? Hopefully, the trail cams will catch her again.
A mountain lion rests at a desert oasis
This mountain lion has been caught on my cameras on and off for nearly a year. The drainage she frequents also supports javelina and white-tailed deer, primary food sources for mountain lions in this region. When I was going to check the cameras, I came across the carcass of a deer fawn that was partially eaten and cached. I suspect that the mountain lion had very recently killed and eaten part of the fawn and was relaxing by the waterhole with a full belly.
A thirsty mountain lion
As the days get hotter and water sources begin to dry up a small pool of water can attract big wildlife. In this case a magnificent mountain lion stopped by for a long drink.
Lots of Mountain Lions
The camera traps I’ve set up have captured some very nice mountain lion activity. The following two videos show two different mountain lion families some 20 miles apart.
The first video is from Cat Canyon:
The second video is from Lion Wash, which I have had camera stationed on and off for over two years:
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