by paulh | Nov 7, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas
Lion 23F gave birth to a litter of kittens about 4 weeks ago near Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. Our team visited her current nursery site today and found 2 feisty 5 ½ pound kittens, known to our project now as 44M and 45M. We briefly handled them to fit them...
by yiwei | Jul 19, 2012 | field notes, puma bios, puma ecology, technology
I know a lot of you enjoyed the photos of 23F’s kittens. Since we visited them, 23F has moved her kittens to several different hiding places (as a good mother should) to keep them safe. However, before we took off, we left a trail camera there to see if we could...
by yiwei | May 25, 2012 | field notes, puma bios, puma ecology
On Tuesday, we went to Nisene Marks State Park in search of 23F’s new litter of kittens. After her last litter was eaten by an unknown predator before we could count the kittens, 23F quickly bred again and gave birth about three weeks ago! Using her GPS information,...