109F and Company

by | Nov 21, 2019 | featured, field notes, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas, video

Back in late August we got a call from a landowner in Scottsvalley about a deer that had been killed by a puma on her property. The puma had caught the deer on a long driveway leading up to residences at a little after dusk. The driveway had fences to either side with...

Male and female mountain lion share a meal

by | Jul 30, 2012 | field notes, puma ecology

Here is a rare glimpse of the chivalrous side of the male puma, stepping aside to share his meal with a female. Males aren’t always that nice, however, and will often attack or even kill animals that try to feed on their kills. In the wild, pumas often cache...