by veronica | May 7, 2014 | field notes, puma bios, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas
In October, we introduced you to 41M and his brother, 46M, who taunted him through the bars when 41M was in our trap. Then in January, 46M wandered into a trap we set for him and we gave him a collar to match his brother’s. We didn’t see any sign of...
by veronica | May 6, 2014 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas
Last night we caught a new uncollared male, 48M. We were expecting to catch a juvenile that we had seen on the camera traps earlier, but caught a 112 pound adult male instead! He was a very polite cat — he went into the trap around 9pm last night, much earlier...
by paulh | Mar 22, 2014 | field notes, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
We frequently receive calls and messages from local landowners telling us about a fresh-dead deer in their yard. This is fascinating information and helpful to our research – we’ve trapped and collared several mountain lions in this way. In many cases, the...
by veronica | Jan 17, 2014 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
In early October, we told you about catching 41M and how his sibling climbed up on top of the cage and taunted him through the bars. Last night we saw that 41M’s brother didn’t learn from 41M’s experience… In this video, we see 41M (with his...
by yiwei | Jan 10, 2014 | field notes, puma ecology
This week’s blog was co-written by Sean McCain (one of our field techs) Ever wonder how animals communicate using scent? Enter the flehmen response. The flehmen response is a communication behavior utilized by many mammals to identify pheromones left by...
by paulh | Dec 21, 2013 | field notes, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
A trail camera we have posted at a puma scent marking site caught this brief glimpse into the busy life of a mother puma. Believe it or not, despite hundreds or thousands of trail camera videos of pumas traveling, this is the first one we’ve captured of...
