Puma & Bobcat Sightings Map

Around 6:30 in the evening, walking up into the open area of El Cerrito Hillside that is at Navellier and Portola, we call it the "PG&E field" because it's mostly a rolling grassy open meadow area with a few tall bushes and shrubs and otherwise dotted with PG&E power towers. This area is adjacent to the the more woody hillside trails on the left side and otherwise bordered by neighborhoods including busy Moser Lane running parallel on the far right side. We often see lone coyotes and wild turkeys in this area usually in the mornings. This evening me and my two dogs (on leash body harnesses) came over the hill and kept hearing a weird bird noise. Couldn't figure out what or why- but got past some tall bushes and there was a lone female turkey making the noise- but then we saw why- mountain lion! The mountain lion was sitting upright grooming itself, even though the turkey was just a few feet away and pacing back and forth making the noise, maybe to try and distract the lion from a nest? But maybe the lion had fed and that's why it was grooming and not interested in the turkey?

We started to leave and the lion spotted us. We walked away slowly and kept watch of it as it kept watch of us. It stared at us until we got back past the bushes. So surprised by how big the eyes are and how long the tail is!!! The tail also had a very dark tip but the rest of the animal coloring was tan. Thought it was kind of strange the lion would be in this area right now -- because the normally long meadow grass has all been recently mowed down and at 6:30 still very bright out. However, the nearby woody hillside often has deer and we have heard of mountain lions being in the area before- just never seen one, until now!!! Wish I could have got a photo- but didn't take my phone or a camera for this hike!

Looks like a very young mountain lion hit on the side of 680 southbound right before the Mission Blvd exit. 

The bobcat crossed the hill around 7pm. 

Near High Ridge Loop Trail in Garin Park

Bobcat walking across drive way trying to catch a cat.

Big Male mountain lion 

Bobcat seen near house, looking skinny

Caught bobcast on security camera in neighbors sideyard at 9pm

Crossed the Wild Cat Canyon trail heading east. 

Bobcat was spotted wandering through our yard around 2 am. Our automatic lights turned on as it wandered around and it was observed moving from our backyard toward our front yard. We tried to get a good picture but it's just a blurry blob (it was 2 am after all). It had the bobbed tail and trademark eyespots on the back of its ears. Hard to tell the age or gender but it was not particularly large.

Bobcat in backyard (seen before)

Trotting across the driveway

This was a very large bobcat. Spotted at 12pm. I saw it from approximately 30-40 feet away and would estimate its height at the back at roughly 24”s. Biggest one I’ve ever seen.

has a collar

Puma walking past house, through neighborhood

Around 10am, 4/18 while on hike, spotted a live mountain lion on the other side of the pond on east Sutton trail. It wasn’t trying to hide, she looked right at us. We think we may have come upon her getting a drink of water. Much too big to be a bobcat, and definitively spotted her face and a long tail. Movement was also very “slinky.” And we got a good look right at her face dead on. What a wild encounter. We swiftly made our way back to the parking lot! 

Small bobcat ambling down Green Point Lane at 7 PM.  I tried to get a photo, but by the time I got up to the street from inside my house, the animal was too far away.  I got a good view from my window.  Bobbed tail, spotted under chin, stripes at tops of legs.  Cinnamon/tawny color.  Not large.  Maybe 20-25 lbs? Much more rangey than a domestic cat (legs much longer than a housecat).  Not plump, but ribs were not prominent.  Seemed to be in no rush, but headed in a specific direction.

Bobcat caught on TrailCam by creek.

We saw a male bobcat resting in our backyard grass around 6:30 in the morning and took a couple pictures from our deck. When it saw us, it moseyed through the garden, then lay down in some bark. Seemed to be watching a squirrel off at some distance on the fence -- but it did not seem that interested in hunting it. The bobcat watched me taking pictures of him, then he ambled up the length of the yard, went over the 4-foot-high fence, crossed the street and walked up the sidewalk. It looked young and very healthy. Also very nonchalant. 

Night hiking in a pair with headlamp and flashlights, turned around and saw two front-facing eyes reflecting from under the trees about 100ft away, at the height and size of a puma’s face. Animal did not move except blink or turn head for up to 15 minutes while we made ourselves loud and continued to flash lights towards it, until we were able to slowly leave.