Many times I drive into Tucson’s Sweetwater Wetlands parking lot and think, which direction will I walk, is this a birding or a photography day, where will there be fewer people on the path. But on this day I see the back-end of a bobcat as I turn into a parking spot! 

I tell myself, I know it is a bobcat and I want to observe him. Slowly I get out of my car, walk around and pull out my camera from the passenger seat. Amazingly the bobcat does not seem to notice my movement and I am about 40 – 50 feet away. I use my car as a blind, snap a couple of photos before I see it pounce into the tall grass. I am hoping to have caught that shot of him pouncing!

The bobcat licked his lips as he walked away, totally unaware of my presence. He was so comfortable with the surroundings he even stopped to poop!

The bobcat crossed the road, walked along a fence, sat and watched whatever was happening on the other side of the fence for about 5 minutes before he finally walked off. In keeping my distance from the bobcat, both of us had an enjoyable day.

I did take a photo of the bobcat’s scat, but with future scat photos I need to place something down, like a penny, so size is more obvious. Instead, I was more interested in watching what the bobcat was going to do next! What a great opportunity to watch this bobcat!