In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> A few minutes ago I saw something I've never
> seen before. As I was getting into my car,
> a large animal was moving in the tree about
> 40 feet in front of me. I stood there watching
> to see what sort of animal that big could be
> in the tree. The animal had just lunged at
> something I couldn't see because of the leaves.
>
> Then the largest bobcat I've ever seen dropped
> out of the tree with a squirrel in its mouth.
> It's probably been 2 or 3 years since I've seen
> a bobcat in the backyard. A family of coyotes
> moved into the neighboorhood, and since then
> the bobcats have been scarce. Coyote activity
> seems to have diminshed recently, and maybe
> that's why this bobcat had come around. There
> certainly are plenty of rodents available.
>
> I hope that was one of mine that was killed.
> Even if it was, there's still one to go.

Keep your pets locked up! Bob's are beautiful, but indiscriminate.
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