As real-estate developments swallow up the wild and native lands
in my neighborhood to build new homes and tilt-up structures housing small
commercial enterprises, the canyons and some green spaces are the last
remaining habitats for native animal species
which are being pushed further into cramped spaces.
One of the negative results of over-development (and
overcrowding) is native animals spilling out into the streets and parks of the
neighborhoods foraging for food and ranging in the area. Humans and their pets have learned to cohabitate
with the wild kingdom in their own backyards.
This interaction often results in the human’s pets becoming
the food for the hungry and displaced; sometimes, the wild animals hang out in
the neighbor because they are aware of a continuing source of food without
ranging and looking for it.
Recently, I heard that there was a bobcat hanging in the neighborhood. So, I decided to purchase a Stealthcam camera
and put it along the trails in the neighborhood to confirm the rumor. I wasn’t disappointed in what I found:
This is a bobcat walking on the trail after dark but caught on infrared mode.
The bobcat walking toward the camera captured at night on infrared mode.
I also discovered the “coyote highway!” I was stunned at how many were walking just
feet from the backyards in the neighborhood – brazen, big, yet beautiful. Lots of neighbors have lost pets to these
voracious carnivores.
Man and nature co-existing right in my backyard (Carlsbad, CA.)
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