by yiwei | Dec 12, 2012 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas
Yesterday, the team recaptured 7F in Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve in Los Gatos in order to replace her collar, which was about to run out of batteries. She’s one of our oldest and most successful cats, at about 9 years old, and is currently raising a one year...
by cwilmers | Oct 17, 2012 | field notes, puma bios, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
Yesterday we re-collared 27m in the Soquel Demonstration Forest, our big male that splits his time between Nisene Marks and Sierra Azul. After running a few hundred yards downhill, he climbed this big douglas fir and camped out there until we got a tranquilizer dart...