Puma & Bobcat Sightings Map

large Lion moving rapidly in canyon towards Holman street traveling east to southwest. Spotted in our yard at 1255 Trestle Glen rd

Captured footage of lion on camera at our front gate.

Caught puma traversing through our property traveling from east to west toward Dailey Ranch.

The photo was captured on a trail camera on a tree at the entrance to the driveway. The mountain lion started to go down the road and then stopped and went by the left side of our house. We have video too from two other cameras.

Puma viewed on camera

Four mountain lions picked up on door camera

I just learned about the Bay Area Puma Project or else I would’ve reported this earlier.

About 3 pm on August 10, 2019, I went into my backyard and walked towards an 8 foot chain-link fence between my property and my neighbor’s property. When I was about 5 feet from the fence, I saw a puma just a few feet from the other side of the fence race up the back slope of their property toward the large open space behind our homes. We were less than 10 feet apart.

I didn’t get to see the head — I clearly startled it and it all happened so fast. By the time I saw it, the ivy on part of the fence had obscured my view of its head — but I saw the rest of the body and the large size, tawny color, short fur, and long sweeping tail down to the ground with the tip curved upward were unmistakably that of a puma. 

I was thrilled to have seen it and posted on NextDoor that evening. Someone commented that they had also recently seen one. I was curious if we lived in the same neighborhood, so I sent a private message to them. Lo and behold, it was that very neighbor! She had seen it on her property just a couple of days earlier — also in broad daylight! She said seeing it had frightened her so she ran into the house.

I live just 1.5 miles from the Lafayette Reservoir where pumas have been sighted. There is also a large open space of several acres on the hill behind our homes with many valley oak trees. I suspect this puma came over looking for prey. There are plenty of deer and wild turkeys at the reservoir, so perhaps a dominant male chased this one out. Territoriality? 

I have lived in this house for 25 years and the first 15-20 years, we had an overabundance of deer in the area. The slope in front of my house seemed to have been a deer trail. Deer would eat my plants, sleep in front of my house, and one year I saw a huge, five point buck stroll past my front door in the middle of the day. We also had an overabundance of wild turkeys. I haven’t seen a single deer for several years now and very few turkeys. I have often wondered if the reason for their dramatic decline is because of the presence of a puma. 

calm just walking across the road

An older capture, but a good one as it has a raccoon in its mouth.

Mountain lion crossed my front yard near a security camera

Dusk. Puma on highway below Alder Springs Work camp in Mendocino

Early Saturday morning a 2 point buck was found dead at our condo complex, freshly attacked and killed with part of the abdomen eaten out. It was moved next to our dumpster. Several neighbors looked at the body and said it was a cougar kill.

We are at 276 Anchor Court in Boulder Creek CA.

I was making coffee when a lion walked out from courtyard that kitchen opens up to. It walked from courtyard down the path to the barn.

driving up Overlook Road the cat was bounding on the road and dropped down into the ravine before Lucky Road as my car approached. I'd estimate 75 lbs.

Mountain Lion was in backyard. We heard commotion and a cat screaming. It got our neighbors black cat, turned around and walked up the hill behind our house.

Brief sighting crossing the road. Thought it was a deer at first due to size and color, but long tail and cat-like behavior suggest otherwise.

Saw the Mt lion on the side of the road about to cross to the other side. Another car saw it as well as we both slowed down.

Live mountain lion seen on 7/23/19 approx 7:45PM on the Mayfair Ranch Trail in the Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve. It was approximately 2 miles up the trail from the parking lot (doing the loop clockwise) near the picnic table. We were resting at the picnic table and looked up and the lion was about 50 ft away standing on the trail looking at us. It was not aggressive and was just watching us. Since it was not aggressive, we took a couple of photos and then stood up on the table to scare it off. It initially ran downhill from the side of the trail but about a minute later we saw it cross the trail again and head to the uphill side of the trail. We turned around and walked back the way we came. There is a small creek that still had some water in it about 100 ft from the picnic table so it may have been walking up the trail to get some water when it encountered us. It was definitely a mountain lion and it did not have a tracking collar - see photos. --Brian Bailey and Jason Govig

Our neighbor spotted a "large" mountain lion as she took an early morning walk on our road. The lion saw her and promptly ran off.

I was mountain biking with a friend and we had recently made it to the top of Chisnantuk Peak Trail and was going back down the same way we had just gone up when I went around a corner and the mountain lion jump off the trail and fled downhill.

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