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This story was originally published in February 2023.<\/p>\n
There are few wildlife sightings more beautiful than a fluffy bobcat against a rugged and snowy backdrop.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what we\u2019re treated to today in one of the latest trail camera offerings from our friend Colin Chase in southern Maine.<\/p>\n
The setting is one of Chase\u2019s favorite camera locations, The Ledges. Perhaps not surprisingly, that\u2019s exactly the kind of place bobcats like to hang out.<\/p>\n
\u201cRock cliffs, outcroppings and ledges are important to bobcats for shelter, raising young and resting sites,\u201d the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said on its website.<\/p>\n
This time, Chase has captured footage of what appears to be a male bobcat intent on making his presence felt at the rocky site. The cat walks around deliberately and checks out his surroundings before heading to an old stump.<\/p>\n
That little stop, which appears to include a few good sniffs and the tom marking with his scent, is either a sign that he is telling other males to steer clear or that it will soon be time to find a mate. Bobcat mating activity occurs between February and March.<\/p>\n
Males are solitary among bobcats, which explains why this cat is on his own. In Chase\u2019s recent trail camera video<\/a>, there was a group of four cats, believed to be a female and her three kittens from last year.<\/p>\n