by paulh | Dec 21, 2013 | field notes, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
A trail camera we have posted at a puma scent marking site caught this brief glimpse into the busy life of a mother puma. Believe it or not, despite hundreds or thousands of trail camera videos of pumas traveling, this is the first one we’ve captured of...
by paulh | Nov 7, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas
Lion 23F gave birth to a litter of kittens about 4 weeks ago near Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. Our team visited her current nursery site today and found 2 feisty 5 ½ pound kittens, known to our project now as 44M and 45M. We briefly handled them to fit them...
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...
by paulh | Jul 11, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas
It turns out lion 38F was pregnant when we captured and collared her for the first time while filming our field work with KQED. She gave birth to a litter of 3 kittens early last month.
by paulh | Jul 11, 2013 | field notes, technology, Uncategorized
Today’s digital motion-sensing trail cameras are a remarkable invention. Just 10 years ago, I was a managing a camera trap survey of wildlife in the fragments of once-contiguous wildlife habitat that remained as new housing subdivisions developed around Seattle. We...
