Another Bobcat Spotting

This information was emailed to me for posting – Bob G

I live on the 4400 block of Robbins and over the past three to four months as I walk or run the neighborhoods I’ve noticed the signs up around the area regarding the cats.  We too have cats, 2 that are always indoors and a neighborhood cat that roams between us and a few others close by.  Two months ago while eating in our backyard both my husband and I spotted a Bobcat on our back hillside…YES a BOBCAT.  It looked to be possible 45-55lbs. we saw it only once but that was enough.  In addition we’ve been experiencing an increased number of “family’s” roaming thru our backyard in the evening (mostly Skunks).  Now we have a pool and law states that we have a 6 foot fence surrounding the yard, which we do!  How all of these little critters are finding their way over this huge fence boggles the mind.

The icing on the cake and what prompted me to send this to you to get out to our neighbors is that this past Monday evening around 10:30pm I spotted not one but “three” sets of eyes peering thru my back sliding door into my family room.  Needless to say my cats were freaked!!  I turned on the back lights expecting to find skunks only to find a momma Raccoon and three of her babies tearing up my potted plants, I’m guessing they were looking for food.  To my added surprise two more little Raccoon’s were playing in my pool drinking….now that’s FIVE of them in my yard, not scared by the lights or the noises i was making, they just looked at me and “waved”…LOL  They came and went twice pillaging my potted tomatoes and peppers then down the side of my house they wandered.

Vicki