My trail cameras have never captured photos of adult mountain lions together until now.
First, my trail camera photographed a large male mountain lion heading east.
He stopped briefly next to one of my trail cameras that was on his route.
A couple of miles later, he was still on the same path.
My next glimpse of him was amazing! He was with a smaller adult mountain lion - likely a female mountain lion. I am guessing that this is a mating pair. Mountain lions can breed at any time of year.
That was the only spot where I captured photos of the pair together although a mating pair usually stays together for several days.
By 8/12, I believe they had separated. I think that this is the female from the pair above leaving the area. She's wearing a GPS collar.
I love capturing these glimpses into the lives of our most secretive animals. It would be fun if this female chose to raise her young kittens in our neck of the woods. Only time will tell... Gestation is about 90 days.
