by veronica | May 7, 2014 | field notes, puma bios, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas
In October, we introduced you to 41M and his brother, 46M, who taunted him through the bars when 41M was in our trap. Then in January, 46M wandered into a trap we set for him and we gave him a collar to match his brother’s. We didn’t see any sign of...
by veronica | May 6, 2014 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas
Last night we caught a new uncollared male, 48M. We were expecting to catch a juvenile that we had seen on the camera traps earlier, but caught a 112 pound adult male instead! He was a very polite cat — he went into the trap around 9pm last night, much earlier...
by veronica | Jan 17, 2014 | field notes, puma bios, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
In early October, we told you about catching 41M and how his sibling climbed up on top of the cage and taunted him through the bars. Last night we saw that 41M’s brother didn’t learn from 41M’s experience… In this video, we see 41M (with his...
by yiwei | Dec 16, 2013 | puma bios, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
We’ve talked a lot on this blog about some of the common ways pumas get killed in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Most of the time, adult pumas die due to something human related (e.g., by being shot or hit with a car). Sometimes, pumas will also be killed by male...
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 yiwei | Oct 31, 2013 | field notes, puma bios, puma ecology, santa cruz pumas
This morning, we learned that 39M, the downtown puma from Santa Cruz, was hit and killed on Highway 17 around Vine Hill Road. When we caught the young male back in May, we recognized that his survival in the coming months would be difficult. After getting his new...
