The recent bobcat activity at my camera trap got me doing a bit of research. Thirteen subspecies of bobcat are claimed but only two are officially recognized. Lynx rufus rufus, exists east of the Great Plains — thus the guy that occasionally visits my backyard — and Lynx rufus fasciatus exists west of the Great Plains. The latter, pictured above, was the first of the subspecies that I got good looks at with camera in hand. Photographed in the same place as yesterday’s ruddy duck, but back in 2011, just south of Los Angeles. Still a great memory as I was able to get down on the ground as the bobcat strolled past on its way to stalk ducks in a nearby pond. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 300mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
What the picture doesn’t show is that because of LA traffic, it took this Bobcat six hours to in tail-to-nose gridlock before they got to the duck pond.
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The recent bobcat activity at my camera trap got me doing a bit of research. Thirteen subspecies of bobcat are claimed but only two are officially recognized. Lynx rufus rufus, exists east of the Great Plains — thus the guy that occasionally visits my backyard — and Lynx rufus fasciatus exists west of the Great Plains. The latter, pictured above, was the first of the subspecies that I got good looks at with camera in hand. Photographed in the same place as yesterday’s ruddy duck, but back in 2011, just south of Los Angeles. Still a great memory as I was able to get down on the ground as the bobcat strolled past on its way to stalk ducks in a nearby pond. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 300mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
What the picture doesn’t show is that because of LA traffic, it took this Bobcat six hours to in tail-to-nose gridlock before they got to the duck pond.
They are everywhere, even near large cities. They tend to shy from humans. Beautiful captpure.