A female Mountain Lion was photographed recently by a trail camera.

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Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand’s trail cam has done it again. Near Point Arena, their camera photographed a Mountain Lion. Jinx wrote, “When I retrieved the photo chip, I found that a Puma strolled past about 5 pm in daylight; first time for that. It seems to be on a one-month pattern. Prior photos were 2/6/20 and 3/13/20, which would lead me to think it was a male keeping an eye on a typical large territory."

“However, one of these photos caught a butt shot that makes it pretty clear to me it’s not a male. Wonders of nature, eh?”

I sent Jinx’ photo to Dr. Quinton Martins, of Living With Lions. He wrote, “Fantastic! So cool – yes, this looks like an older female.” To learn more about Dr. Martins' efforts to protect Mountain Lions, here is his website: https://www.egret.org/living-with-lions

Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Sunny, warm and very breezy - there has to be a LOT of upwelling going on in the ocean today!

2 thoughts on “A female Mountain Lion was photographed recently by a trail camera.”

  1. Anne Mary Schaefer

    Very cool sighting of a beautiful, apex female predator.
    With all of the deer and jackrabbits I've been seeing out here in Manchester, I think she might want to increase her range a bit to the north. Oodles of native prey out here.

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