My Appalachian Ohio Trailcams

Category: Bobcat

  • Bobcat Recovery

    2024 saw a big change in the number of bobcat videos I was recording, and clearly of several different animals; from bobkitten to mature adult. This is a huge change as I never saw any prior to about 5 years ago. The below videos give a feel for this. There are a couple of videos…

  • Bobcat Activity in the Fall, Featuring a Mother and Two Juveniles

    I’ve increasingly captured bobcat activity on my trailcams over the last few years. These videos are particularly special to me as they were taken over a short time period and feature a mother out with what would have been her bobkittens from earlier in the year, plus the last video in this set has what…

  • Gray Fox & Bobcat Chasing Each Other

    The sequence of videos shows in interaction between a gray fox and bobcat Luckily for the fox, the bobcat was a juvenile otherwise this could have ended rather differently. The gray fox showed a lot of spunk, and its good to see these species recovering together.

  • Bobcat Video & Gray Fox Audio

    One of my favourite captures of all time, cool video of a bobcat with the distinctive bark of a gray fox; we only occasionally hear this and it may be consistent with their mating season.

  • Bobcat

    Bobcat, Lynx rufus, were extirpated in Ohio by 1850, however, they gradually returned as their populations recovered in neighbouring states. I first began observing bobcat in Spring 2021. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources now considers that they are common, but I question that description locally as I only get occasional videos or pictures on…