Shravan Sundaram is an environmental scientist and wildlife photographer who has spent years documenting the bobcat population of Santa Clara County, Calif., including in urban locations around San Jose. When you’re walking around the streets of San Jose and hear loud growling or screeching, don’t worry. It’s probably just a female bobcat defending her territory from another cat, and they’re not at all interested in you.
Aside from dining on bunnies, the bobcats subsist on a diet of small mammals like voles, gophers and squirrels and birds like ducks, herons and young geese. Bobcats might even eat a lizard if they’re tempted – they’re generalists and not picky. “And even if one does see them, sometimes they’ll just be slipping through the brush,” he says. “It really is about patience, positioning and persistence. They are more tolerant of human presence here versus more undisturbed areas, but nevertheless are incredibly elusive and well-camouflaged. I’ve found that learning their patterns, keeping a low profile to the ground and sitting or waiting for them to come to me is key to getting a window into their lives.
Sundaram won’t say exactly where the bobcats live, as he doesn’t want people to flood the area and potentially disturb them. Being an environmental scientist, he’s deeply invested in bobcat conservation – bobcats eating prey that’s been poisoned by rodenticide is one of his big grievances – and wishes only good things for these cats living in the big city.
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