Hi David and all,

I've seen a bobcat 3 or 4 times in the last few years on my street in the Issaquah Highlands, including in my own backyard. We had so many rabbits before the bobcat moved in. I've also seen one in a Redmond residential neighborhood just NE of Marymoor Park.

Mary Saylor
Issaquah


> On Jan 24, 2022, at 4:51 PM, David Hutchinson <florafaunabooks at hotmail.com> wrote:

>

> At today's bird census in the Capehart section of Discovery Park,

> volunteers reported what was thought to be evidence of a Bobcat. To my

> aging recollection, there have been records of Bobcats in Disco, but likely

> decades ago.

>

> Any comments on records of this species in local urban areas would be

> appreciated. Have to say that the open space area that this report comes

> from has been occupied by quite a diversity of other wild mammals in

> recent years. Btw, they saw a Merlin and a Kestrel....

>

> Thanks, David Hutchinson

>

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