Puma & Bobcat Sightings Map
While many people are confident they've seen a puma, not all of these sightings are accurate. The map below includes both confirmed and unverified puma sightings in the larger San Francisco Bay region (and beyond) since 2004.
Over time, this will help us evaluate problem areas, movement barriers for wildlife, and potential for human-puma conflict.
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Sightings List
Jan 31, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Adult puma spotted at around 7 pm. Tail, haunches, and full face viewed when it turned around and looked into the headlights. Appeared healthy and calm.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.04325 N, 122.08210 W
Jan 30, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Tannish color, longer tail (not short like bobcat) with black tip. Smaller though like a bobcat though, so perhaps young? Seemed curious and kept watching me and my dog. It prevented us from being able to get to Harwood so had to turn back. It tried to follow at one point but I yelled loudly and it stopped, sat down and licked it's neck while watching us. A man on the trail then walked w me back up to Harwood and said he had seen a similar animal last week. He then saw it too, as it was in the same area still, and neither one of us was sure what it was but looked more like a puma than anything else? It was the same (looking) animal he had seen last week. It seemed to sway it's tail a lot and kind of lope/trot. Didn't get a photo.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.22672 N, 121.91499 W
Jan 30, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat appeared on trail saw me & then ran down the trail ahead of me for 30yards +/- and disappeared into the overgrowth.
I have seen a bobcat in this area (Alta Vista Trail-Midsection) on 4 separate occasions in the last 12mos
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.55300 N, 122.49387 W
Jan 28, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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Full grown bobcat walking on my back fence.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.26750 N, 121.82190 W
Jan 28, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Seen strolling on the trail
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.71091 N, 121.96222 W
Jan 27, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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Just an evening stroll.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Jan 27, 2023: Puma Sighting
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GPS collared lion passing by trail camera along hilltop ridge
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.08081 N, 122.02592 W
Jan 26, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Our wildlife camera captured three pumas between our back porch where the camera is mounted and our vineyard. The larger one was in the vineyard but the two smaller ones (juveniles) were outside the vineyard closer to the house. Three passed going one way around 12:30 AM and the larger one came back the other way alone at around 1:00 AM.
Our ranch hand had two juveniles pass by his house last week (unsure of day) around 9 PM. They were unafraid of him as he stepped outside to find out why his dogs were upset in the house.
I'm sorry, I can't figure out how to download the photos but there are two as I described above.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.35606 N, 122.25734 W
Jan 26, 2023: Puma Sighting
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https://nextdoor.com/p/3S72MTGwY48t?view=detail&init_source=search&query=lion
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.53372 N, 122.51772 W
Jan 26, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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We see the bobcat around our property four to five times a year, always while we're inside our home. The most recent sighting, watching it hunt and catch a gopher.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.81290 N, 122.01680 W
Jan 24, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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Young bobcat
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.60376 N, 90.67806 W
Jan 24, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Corner of colonel and Arnold in half moon bay two nights ago 11pm
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.45610 N, 122.42832 W
Jan 24, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.49600 N, 122.28000 W
Jan 24, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat with two cubs, small and dense bush area populated with lots of rabbits
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.18203 N, 121.83546 W
Jan 23, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Based upon the size of these two pumas, and time of year, I assume this is a mating pair.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Jan 23, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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Rodeo valley trail
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.83655 N, 122.50473 W
Jan 22, 2023: Puma Sighting
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https://nextdoor.com/p/mJJTJ_Y8GqFy?utm_source=share&extras=NjE0MTA0Mw%3D%3D
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.52600 N, 122.30000 W
Jan 21, 2023: Bobcat Sighting
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I took photos too. Happy to send. Email me
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.66331 N, 122.00387 W
Jan 20, 2023: Puma Sighting
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Almost on the trail! Very large specimen!
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.79048 N, 122.13963 W
Jan 18, 2023: Puma Sighting
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This is roughly the 7th time I've captured a mountain lion on my trail camera since September 2022. I also got photos of two foxes (together) and a bobcat the same night. I reported the previous sightings to MidPen but was just informed to send them here too.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.31937 N, 122.26321 W
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