Bobcat (non-bird story)

Being 'surprised' by a bobcat is a good thing.

I was looking for birds at the Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, Arizona, when this strikingly beautiful bobcat strolled out of the weeds.

I had heard of a bobcat that roamed the wetlands, but I had not had the pleasure of meeting her.

Bobcats are at least twice the size of a typical house cat... 13-30 pounds.

This one showed no fear of humans and allowed me to follow her around. I knew she wasn't bothered because she even walked towards me at times. With casual glances, she always knew where I was.

That was being gracious for an animal and wildly unlike the hundreds of birds I so desperately wish to get near.

A riffle of fur outlines the face to give bobcats a unique look.

They get their name from the short wisp of a tail which, oddly and barely, serves a purpose anymore.

(The following two photographs are for those people who enjoy identifying animals by scat left behind. If you wish to skip such information, stop here.)

Allan
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I can tell you with 100% accuracy this is bobcat scat.