by veronica | Feb 9, 2014 | puma ecology, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas
…Well, maybe why isn’t as important as how. Thanks to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, the pumas of the Santa Cruz Mountains are on their way to having a safe way to cross Highway 17! Read more about it in their press release! We’ve talked...
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 jsmith | Jan 13, 2014 | santa cruz pumas
Although we like to get as much information as possible about pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains as possible, there are cases where we choose not to collar animals for their safety. Last night, when we were attempting to catch an uncollared female, one of her three...
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...
by yiwei | Dec 16, 2013 | puma bios, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
We’ve talked a lot on this blog about some of the common ways pumas get killed in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Most of the time, adult pumas die due to something human related (e.g., by being shot or hit with a car). Sometimes, pumas will also be killed by male...
by jsmith | Nov 13, 2013 | santa cruz pumas
The Santa Cruz Puma Project was recently granted permission to start tracking puma kittens by fitting them with GPS collars when they are about four weeks old. We have received some questions from the public about why we want to follow the kittens from early on in...
