by cwilmers | May 8, 2014 | field notes, pumas in the news, Uncategorized
By now many of your have read about 46m’s big adventure into downtown Mountain View. Here we take a closer look at how he got there based on data we retrieved from his collar after we anesthetized him in a parking lot in Mountain View. We originally collared...
by jsmith | May 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
In mid- April, we noticed from 43F’s GPS data that she appeared to be denning. On April 20, when we suspected that the kittens were 4 weeks old, we hiked into the den. We had retrieved an updated location from the den the day before, and felt confident that we knew...
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 jsmith | Feb 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Since October 2013, when we caught 41M while 46M looked on, we have repeatedly seen the brothers together. However, until just now, there has been no sign of a mom. We wondered if they had perhaps been orphaned, but their mom finally appeared on a fresh deer kill when...
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 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...
