[obol] Cat on a Pole

[Kim Boddie]

Duane Cole and I ran the Christmas Valley Raptor Survey yesterday, March 12, and had an interesting encounter with a Bobcat.  Just into the first leg of the survey we saw something on a power pole cross arm that did not look like a Red-tail.  As we got closer it looked like a house cat.  Then it looked like a big gray house cat.  Then it turned into one nervous Bobcat.  After a staring contest, I got out of the car to get my scope and camera but he decided that this was not a good place for to be and climbed and jumped down to take off through the sagebrush.  This was a first for the raptor route.

Other non-raptor animals seen included 3 male Sage grouse, 1 was strutting until a Bald Eagle came buy and they also headed for the thick sagebrush, 1 N. Shrike, 3 coyotes, 12 Mule deer, 70 Pronghorns, 4 E. Collared Doves, and hundreds of Mtn. Bluebirds.

Raptors seen.
30    Red-tailed Hawks
 3    N. Harriers
 7    Adult Bald Eagles
13    Golden Eagles
 6     Rough-legged Hawks 8
 8    Ferruginous Hawks
 3    Prairie Falcons
 1     Great-horned Owl

----kim boddie
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