A Villager has reported that he shot a photograph Saturday of a Bobcat spotted in his backyard.
Bruce Speck spotted the Bobcat as it was walking across the top of a fence in his backyard at 136 Costa Mesa Drive in the Village of La Zamora.
“We saw a mother and two smaller Bobcats about a month ago, but this was the first time I was able to get a photograph of one,” he said.
In 2015, Villager Mary Grunewald shot a photo of a Bobcat in her backyard in the Village of Sunset Pointe.
Bobcats are about twice the size of a domestic cat, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. They are generally tan to yellowish brown with dark brown or black streaks. The under parts are usually white with black spots and the insides of the legs are marked with black bars. The bobcat’s ears are pointed with short, black tufts while the tail is short and gives the appearance of being “bobbed.” The young have mottled or spotted fur with more distinct facial marking than the adults.
Widely distributed throughout Florida in deep forest, swamps, and hammock land. Thick patches of saw palmetto and dense shrub thickets are important as den and resting sites. In rural areas, bobcats can range five or six square miles and generally cover their territory in a slow, careful fashion. In urban to suburban areas, the range of territory usually decreases to one or two miles.
