by paulh | Aug 22, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
Since the Santa Cruz puma study started in 2008 our research has focused on adult pumas. Sure, we’ve taken cute photos of kittens to post on our blog (because those blue-eyed, dark-spotted, shaky-kneed kittens are just about the cutest things on 4 legs!), but...
by yiwei | Jul 24, 2013 | field notes, puma ecology
Max Allen, a project associated biologist, recently published a natural history paper about an encounter he recorded between a spotted skunk and a female puma in Mendocino county. For anyone who is frightened of pumas, this video features a spotted skunk chasing and...
by paulh | Jul 11, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas
It turns out lion 38F was pregnant when we captured and collared her for the first time while filming our field work with KQED. She gave birth to a litter of 3 kittens early last month.
by paulh | Jul 11, 2013 | field notes, technology, Uncategorized
Today’s digital motion-sensing trail cameras are a remarkable invention. Just 10 years ago, I was a managing a camera trap survey of wildlife in the fragments of once-contiguous wildlife habitat that remained as new housing subdivisions developed around Seattle. We...
by paulh | Jun 10, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
Here is an update on lion 39M, the young male that turned up in downtown Santa Cruz last month. In short, he appears to be doing well, as interpreted from GPS locations and examination of a few sites where he’s killed and eaten prey. GPS locations indicate that 39M...
by yiwei | May 30, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, puma ecology
In all the excitement surrounding 39M, we didn’t get a chance to introduce our newest conventionally captured cat, 38F. 38F was captured in the large and relatively undisturbed Cemex Redwoods property earlier this month using Dan’s hound dogs. Paul and...
