Animals

Mad Dash Across the Field

This took place so high speed all my shots came up very blurry. This one at least shows what was going on. The bobcat ran towards the squirrel. The squirrel sat up, looked at the cat, then took off running. The squirrel did an end run on the cat and put a lot of distance between them. I was a long ways from the action and happy to at least get this one shot. I believe the bobcat is young, not a year old yet and not an experienced hunter. Neither the cat nor the squirrel were aware of the presence of people at this time so there was no interference in the hunt.
Male Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)

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