Bobcat among the Camas
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Muddyvalley wrote:
At the 4th shot it heard the camera & was gone.
Another GOOD reason to be using mirror less !! ...(silent mode if available)
- but maybe he would not have looked at you 8-(
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Muddyvalley wrote:
Looked out the door, saw the cat, held the screen door with one hand & shot with the other. Should have maybe lowered the shutter speed, but I didn't realize it was so late in the day. So, ISO 2500. But so it goes. At the 4th shot it heard the camera & was gone.
D850 with the nikkor 300PF & 1.4 extender & cropped.
D850 with the nikkor 300PF & 1.4 extender & cropped.
Great capture I've only seen two in the wild very stealthy congrats.
May 2, 2020 13:46:34 #
kpmac wrote:
Great set, Vic. He looks like a cross with a domestic cat to me.
Thanks Ken! I looked it up.
The general consensus among the biologists & cat people, is that they will not have viable offspring.
"The best source material for an answer to this well asked question must be Sarah Hartwell’s website messybeast.com. She is a genetics expert. This subject must come down to scientific rather than anecdotal evidence at the end of the day. Only through hard science can we know that such a hybrid cat can and does exist. And at present there is no hard evidence that it does."
While the body markings are different in the various bobcats I've seen & photographed here over the years, the facial markings are very similar. This is a big cat & more likely to kill a domestic cat than mate with it.
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[quote=Muddyvalley]Looked out the door..... At the 4th shot it heard the camera & was gone.
….gone is what they do best! I would be so happy with these! I am sure we both hope to see some more of this beauty. Nice work.
Phil
….gone is what they do best! I would be so happy with these! I am sure we both hope to see some more of this beauty. Nice work.
Phil
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