by yiwei | Nov 16, 2012 | field notes, puma bios, puma ecology
Two of our collared lions were caught on Max Allen’s camera this August associating with each other. And when a male and female lion “associate”, you know what that means… kittens! Maybe. Female lions have about a 3 month gestation period, so...
by yiwei | Oct 31, 2012 | field notes
Happy Halloween! The puma project has dozens of trail cameras scattered throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains. Sometimes, the cameras record some really nice footage of other species that call the Bay Area home. It’s a great reminder that pumas and humans share...
by yiwei | Oct 22, 2012 | events and outreach, puma ecology
The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) recently unveiled their new Heart of the Forest campaign, outlining their recent acquisition of CEMEX (the old cement plant in Santa Cruz County) and future goals for redwood conservation in the Bay Area. An integral component of...
by yiwei | Oct 10, 2012 | field notes, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
Graduate student Max Allen captured this video of a female puma advertising for mates in the Santa Cruz Mountains. You can see she gets very close to the camera, rubbing against in a manner that any cat owner will recognize instantly! Pumas are solitary animals, which...
by yiwei | Oct 4, 2012 | field notes, technology
About a year ago, we got this cool new cell-phone game camera – the ScoutGuard SG550M. A cell-phone game camera is one that texts and emails you when it takes a picture, at least theoretically. Well, we had some issues with it and it laid around gathering dust...
