Puma & Bobcat Sightings Map

Allie Martinez posted in Rio Vista Community Bulletin (and reshared on Rio Vista Friends of the Paw FB page, and on Rio Vista NextDoor social media. Her Ring camera picked up what looked to be a juvenile mountain lion. Another neighbor claimed that she had two chickens mauled the same evening and the gate and fence surrounding her yard were undisturbed. There is an unverified claim that there was a sighting inside Trilogy on Sunday or Monday.

This notice was sent to neighbors in the Las Pulgas Estates community on 8/23/2020. My trail camera got a photo of a puma on 9/20/2020.

"My son spotted a mature mountain lion in our front yard around 1 a.m. last night. My son raised his arms and retreated to our house and the animal peacefully disappeared from our property."

P16 walking by our house

I saw a Mountain Lion drinking water from a pond. It ran away when it noticed me.

Caught on camera on my deck, which is VERY unusual. Been here 40 years and never seen one.

Spotted the big cat during my morning walk on the trail. The big cat was walking quite briskly, approx 100 feet ahead of me. It then disappeared while I continued walking on the trail. Pretty sure it's not bob cat, as I had close encounter with bob cat in San Juan Canyon/Sugarloaf open space

Twin cubs curled up together sleeping in the morning.

A mountain lion came up our driveway, circled around the house, and walked out on the driveway about 5 minutes later.

Camera behind my house

Standing in my daughter's backyard on Whitecliff Way in south Walnut Creek, which backs up to the Twin Ponds Loop trail between Shell Ridge and Diablo Foothills Park. Their golden retriever spotted something and I captured photos of a large bobcat lurking away from the backyard fence up into the hills. He had been spotted along the fence a week ago by my son-in-law and on their front porch 6 weeks earlier.

submitted via email by Jeff Moroso [email protected]. confirmed by staff.

Looking for a dark area to watch perseid meteor shower. Went down a culdesac and a mountain lion froze in our headlights. They were walking across someone's driveway. They then ran into shrubbery in the yard.

I was riding my mountain bike west towards Cattle Hill in the Sweeney Ridge portion of the GGNRA. I came round the corner and the mountain lion was running away from me in the middle of the trail and then proceeded to disappear into the bushes. I proceeded to ride along the trail and saw it under a tree a short distance from the trail. I stopped about 20 yards past that location and took the photo as the cat proceeded cautiously back out onto the trail. I walked slowly away for 10 yards and then hopped back on my bike and rode off.

Mountain Lion on our walkway to front door.

Cougars were sighted a little west of the Laquna near Sebastopol, Sonoma County off of the Rodota Trail. We spotted them while walking on the Rodota Trail approx 1/2 mile west from Merced Ave before Llano in Santa Rosa Viewed them a little over 1/4 mile south from trail past field where there was a small tree lined creek We were about 2 miles East not west of the Laguna in Sebastopol

Captured by camera trap with 10 seconds of footage. Screen capture submitted. Please contact me if you want the entire footage.

My 60 pound dog was barking on the 2nd floor deck (next to the red circle/hot-tub) and I went out onto the deck to investigate. I started talking to her and the lion ran north up the hill and west to the edge of my neighbor's yard, continuing out into the canyon.

It was about 10 feet from a window where my niece was standing washing dishes. When she moved it ran to the southwest into the canyon.

Showed up on two external video cameras, one in driveway and one at side of house.  I have seen MLs twice on video, this file was handy.  Also have seen one bobcat. Cameras were set up in July 2019.

 

My house is obscured by trees, so it does not show up on your map. I am on a deer trail, and deer frequently lounge in my yard, it is one of the last open lots in the the neighborhood.

Mountain Lion on our front porch.