Multi-directional bobcat scrape Photo Credit: Kenneth Cole Schneider. Do not confuse kidney shaped bobcat beds with round deer beds. If you are persistent in searching such areas you may find several kidney shaped depressions where a bobcat has repeatedly bedded down for the day. Bobcats are usually crepuscular, and will bed down for the day in steep areas with lots of cover. These scrapes can be either uni-directional, with one long scrape ending in a pile, or multi-directional with the pile in the middle of several paw marks (see photo). Bobcats will make scrapes to cover up scat or as an independent scent marking. Other bobcat sign includes scrapes and beds. If you press on it with the bottom of your shoe the scat will feel hard and not compress much while coyote scat will be much softer (I only recommend this test with relatively old scat!). Bobcat scat is typically more round and sharply segmented and less “ropy” than coyote scat, and is very dense. It can be hard to tell the difference between scat from bobcats and fox and coyote. Bobcats will often leave scat (or poop if you don’t want to be scientific about feces classification) on trails or the side of roads. As a result they often do not leave clear tracks, but other clues can give them away. As a result a bobcat sighting is a rare treat and most outdoor enthusiasts will only detect bobcats using cameras, like our eMammal volunteers, or by interpreting bobcat track and sign.īobcats live a wide variety of habitat, but they love thick cover, rocky features, and varying terrain. Bobcats ( Lynx rufus) are relatively common in forested areas ( click here for range), but they are highly secretive and difficult to see in the wild.
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