[cobirds] Re: Swamp Sparrow with . . . Bobcat!

My post was written yesterday (Monday).  Don't know if he will be back today--I didn't see him at 8 AM.  

But Adrian Lakin sent me mail and a beautiful picture of him which she took Friday.

On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 8:05:39 AM UTC-7, David Gulbenkian wrote:

The Swamp Sparrow and Tree Sparrow continue along Clear Creek W. of I-70.

More exciting is the Bobcat sleeping during the day in the same area!

Hope I'm not violating any protocols of this Group, but I don't know many birders

who wouldn't be interested in this sighting.

The person who alerted me to it said it was seen hunting in the very early

morning, I think today and yesterday.  

In spite of the fact that it is sleeping in the sun in a sheltered spot on the north bank, it is extremely

hard to see, partly because he's generally lying still and keeps his head in the shade.

I can't sign an affidavit that it's a bobcat, but I saw his greyish head and eyes pretty well

even though it was in the shade. and I believe I saw his stubby tail.  His body is a warm

brown, but I could not see its dimensions.

Along the top of the north bank there is a line of utility poles which ends well before the

bridge and dam to the west.  The cat was sleeping a little to the east of the third pole from the

end, not far up from the water.  To protect the animal, I won't give any more detail.

You are unlikely to see it, but the mere possibility will spice up your walk, I hope.

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