I've captured rare (for me) photos of the bobcat mother and kitten multiple times this week! They're still frequenting a very snowy north-facing slope where I have a trail camera set up hoping to photograph bears who are heading to their dens. I'm amazed that the bobcat pair is still using the slope. It's SO cold. I hate checking my trail camera there because I get chilled to the bone in the shady and snowy world.
The first time that they passed my camera, the kitten led the way but turned to look for mom.
Mom wasn't far behind and the pair walked onward, placing their paws in my snowbike tracks.
A few days later, the pair walked in the opposite direction past the same trail camera. This time, mom led the way.
She looked back to check her kitten's progress.
Her kitten walked briskly to catch up with her.
A little later the same morning, the kitten ventured off by himself to investigate something.
He sniffed around in the snow and then realized that mom hadn't followed him when he looked over his shoulder.
He hurried off, away from the camera, to find his mother.
Clearly, this kitten hasn't yet started spending much of his time alone. He and his mother are traveling tightly together. Ah, I love seeing our wildlife living their lives naturally with my trail cameras!
I made a "flipbook" video of the rapidfire photos of the pair. You can watch it here or at
Youtube.
On another note, as the year is winding toward its end, I've started sorting through my photos to enter a photo contest. This one represented a wonderful summertime memory of a warm hike up near the clouds with my K. I think that it'll be among my top choices as my entry.
