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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

The Mountain Lions of Labrador Valley

I had about 6 weeks to explore Labrador Valley and the surrounding wilderness before we evacuated, then went out of town for a vacation, and then had to stay away while work was being done on the new house.

During those six weeks at Lab Valley, I searched for spots where mountain lions liked to mark their territory. I found a few spots, some as far away as 3 miles as some as close as 50 yards from the house. This gives me some spots to start searching for their preferred routes. That will let me understand their paths between marking points.

In this video, you'll see big male mountain lions leaving scrapes as they mark their territory. You'll also see a mother mountain lion with a couple of kittens pass by a camera without sniffing the male lion's scrapes. I sure hope that all of these lions survived the fires.

I was so thrilled that I could figure out this much about them in such a short time. 

Enjoy the video!

13 comments:

  1. oooh the little one... they are such wonderful animals!!!

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  2. What a great behind the scenes video of your new area. We have our paws crossed that we will see them again soon on more videos.

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  3. Oh the little one is ever so adorable and the deer were a huge surprise. So precious.

    Have a fabulous day. Scritches to the pups. ♥

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  4. that baby is soooooooooooooo cute, so tiny.. compared to mama. i would love to feel that fur, it looks so soft. I know I can't but i would love to....

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  5. Wonderful wildlife videos, and the baby, then the deer, you surely sorted out the best place for the trailcam in such a short time, and close to home, I wonder what the cold winter days and nights will show.

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  6. KB your videos are award winners....WOW.
    Hugs Cecilia

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  7. You sure have some really wonderful neighbors in Labrador Valley!

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  8. I'm in work so I will watch them on my tv/youtube tonight. my dog Alex watches also when he hears the animals.

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  9. Very cool footage, I absolutely love the cats. I hope they, and the deer made it through the fires.

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  10. Wonderful! We sure hope they survived the fire too, and return to the area.

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  11. The paws on the cub looked big to us. How lucky you are to have such amazing nature.

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  12. Thank you for sharing these videos we could not see anywhere else.

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  13. Fascinating! Surprised the deer use the same trail-you'd think they'd avoid byways traveled by predators.

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