by yiwei | Jun 11, 2012 | field notes, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
Studying pumas in semi-populated areas presents some interesting challenges. We caught and replaced the GPS collar on 19F a couple of weeks ago in the hills above Los Gatos/Monte Sereno, and Paul Houghtaling, one of our field biologists, and Yiwei describe her story...
by yiwei | Jun 5, 2012 | events and outreach, puma ecology
This Sunday, Veronica and I (Yiwei) will be leading a walk at 10:30AM at Loch Lomond Recreation Area near Lompico, CA. We will search for gps-collared mountain lions who call the lake home and demonstrate some of the equipment we use in the Santa Cruz Puma Project....
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,...
