Big Bobcat in our backyard!

While sitting in our office checking email about 1pm this afternoon I happened to glance out the window. Our backyard is the woods and a huge pond called the Eel Pond. I saw a large Bobcat the path walking the perimeter of the property. Grabbing my video camera, sadly missing a lot filming by fussing to turn it on and focus. I finally caught him after he had crossed over the brook and was walking by a small boat we have propped against a tree stump.

Rafe snapped off several still pictures but only got this one shot that showed most of the beastie. I was zoomed in to the max for my camera and was surprised any of the footage came out. But I was trying really hard to hold it steady.

What a beautiful creature. I feel honored to have seen him, they are quite elusive.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• ravensky23
• TimberGeek
• bobcat
• pond
• predator
• Connecticut
• CT

[Radicalreels]

So awesome to see a wild Bobcat! I am fascinated with that stone wall, looks to be made by Indians, over a hundred years ago? Amazing!

[ravensky23]

In Connecticut you can't dig a 3" hole without hitting a rock. The stone walls were made before the town was first settled in 1732. Every time a farmer dug a hole he had to do something with the stones so they made walls! :-) Kept the livestock in and delineated property boundaries. Glad you enjoyed my little video. I felt honored to have got the footage!

[askmisscris]

That's really cool :) very pretty creature indeed although, in my backyard ... oooo lil close :)

[ravensky23]

I was so excited to see him! I've only seen one other one and never this close. But not too scary as he was about 100 yards away and I was in the house shooting out the sliding glass door! LOL I'm not that brave!

[Neferkit]

What a wonderful, awesome sight! When I was a girl in Texas we had a cougar once on top of the barn. He was gorgeous. Thanks for sharing this.

[ravensky23]

I saw a cougar once out west, it ran in front of our car and it was so beautiful! Now they are BIG!

[mchammer35]

Very very cool. Hopefully some jerk doesn't shoot him. People can be very mean. :-(

[vincecharus]

Big bobcat!

[DearestBecky]

Thank God you were in the house and not outside. It look liked he was searching for dinner. LOL It was neat that you got to capture it on film camera and video.

[simplerich]

Cool capture.

V. Cool that you had the presence of mind to remember the camera while he was still in sight and not later that night over dinner.

[LatteSue]

That was cool. I'm glad you were safe inside! haha

[askmisscris]

yea... glass and walls tend to make things not as scary ;)