Bobcat Photos -- Everglades
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There are bobcats in the Everglades and in Big Cypress Swamp.
In fact, there are bobcats just about everywhere in the United States.
These are the only two bobcats which I have seen during the day, and I was able to photograph both of them. On at least two occasions, I have seen bobcats at night while driving along Loop Road in Big Cypress Swamp. At night, in the headlights, bobcats appear very light in color. When I spotted them I wondered if they were German Shepards or sheep, but as soon as they move their gait identifies them as cats. |
Webpage released 12 October 2002 This page developed by Tom Spinker see Home page for e-mail address Copyright © 2002. All rights reserved. I make no warranties as to the accuracy of any of the material on this website. Both photos were taken by me. Both are wild, unrestrained animals. They are both Bobcats, Lynx rufus. |
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Both photos were taken while I was bicycling. Both were taken in the Everglades south of Florida City, Florida (USA). |
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7 October 2001 about 12:00 noon South of Florida City. This bobcat and I were both traveling north along a graded limestone road. I followed the cat for nearly 100 feet before it noticed me. When it saw me, it stared at me for at least 10 seconds. I took the photo and the cat ran to the north. 150mm lens on Pentax Spotmatic. |
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6 April 2002 -- 10:10am Also South of Florida City. Here is a young cat. I shot the photo from the opposite side of a canal. The cat seemed very calm and might have stayed still long enough for me to change to a longer telephoto lens. But a car came by and scared the cat away just after I took this photo. The cat is lying on a piece of sheet rock. There was some construction debris dumped at this location. The two photos are from the same area. The second is about a quarter mile north and a quarter mile west of the first. It is possible that the second cat is a cub of the first. 105mm lens on Pentax Spotmatic II. |
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Here is a little info on bobcats:
phylum: Chordata
Range is most of the USA except for densely settled areas and except
for the southern great lakes area from Pennsylvania to Iowa.
The range extends
south into central Mexico and north into southern Canada.
(in most of Canada the bobcat is replaced by its relative, the Canadian Lynx).
The bobcat eats rabbits and rodents and other small animals.
Litters of 2 or 3 kittens (typically) are born in April or May.
Bobcat populations are denser in SE USA than in the western states.
Bobcats can mate and give birth when they are two years old.
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