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.
Have you seen a puma or bobcat in your neighborhood?
Sightings List
May 26, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Probable
Evening (6pm-12am)
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2 individuals spotted juvenile lion walking in front of their garage. yard lighting made identification pretty easy.
May 22, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Unverified
Afternoon (12pm-6pm)
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Two pumas crossing road, near parking lot in Bort Meadow, Chabon Regional park, moving towards a field where stock were grazing.
May 21, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Confirmed
Evening (6pm-12am)
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Mountain Lion Cub, looking at a dead rat I tossed into the woods. About the size of a coyote.
May 20, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Probable
Evening (6pm-12am)
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It was the size of a medium dog, had the long tail with black tuft of fur, the face and movements of a large cat
May 13, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Confirmed
Evening (6pm-12am)
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The cat walked along the tree line, stopped at the rock in the photo and headed down the hill. Shoot taken with Nikon D3S with a 200-400 f4 zoom lens.
May 12, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Unverified
Early Morning (12am-6am)
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By creek, possibly two
May 11, 2018: Puma Sighting
Camera Trap or Security Camera
Confirmed
Early Morning (12am-6am)
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Mountain Lion caught on security camera crossing driveway at 3:37am. Second sighting this week. VIDEO LINK:https://goo.gl/kQ7u2t
May 9, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Confirmed
Evening (6pm-12am)
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I was hiking at Briones Regional Park in Martinez, CA. On my way back to the parking lot I saw 2 mountain lions sitting side by side on a hill about a 100 yards away from my friend and myself. The two pumas then got up and were walking parallel to our path, pacing us. We turned left on the trail to head back to the parking lot which caused a hill to separate us from the pumas by creating a fork in the road, therefore preventing them from stalking us further.
May 8, 2018: Puma Sighting
Camera Trap or Security Camera
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Mountain Lion walking across driveway to the Crystal Springs Open Space, returns about 1.5 hours later.
May 3, 2018: Puma Sighting
Camera Trap or Security Camera
Unverified
Early Morning (12am-6am)
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Captured video of what appears to be a mature healthy puma walking by the creek bed behind our house. Also found scat pile and claw markings on the trees in the immediate vicinity.
Apr 30, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Probable
Evening (6pm-12am)
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Mountain lion chasing deer up hill. Experienced observer
Apr 23, 2018: Puma Sighting
Killed
Confirmed
Afternoon (12pm-6pm)
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Looked like a small puma roadkilled on the right side of the freeway (680S) entering Alamo from the north. Approx. location given.
Could have been a deer. Coat was solid tawny brown, saw what seemed like a long tail. Looked like a really big cat. Was too big to be a housecat.
Apr 23, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Unverified
Evening (6pm-12am)
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Mountain Lion spotted at marker walking north toward tree line.
Apr 22, 2018: Puma Sighting
Sighting Type Unknown
Unverified
Evening (6pm-12am)
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We were late coming back to the car, after dark, and as we crossed a stream to approach the backside of Azalea hill, we heard a mountain lion screaming and thrashing around in the bushes. We backtracked and the lion followed us in the bushes, occasionally screaming or thrashing the bushes, as we walked through the golf course and up meadow club road. The lion didn't come out or attack us so I think she was protecting a den with cubs.
Apr 19, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Unverified
Early Morning (12am-6am)
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Large healthy Cougar. Moved off south
Apr 18, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Confirmed
Afternoon (12pm-6pm)
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Mountain lion attacked one of two dogs, witnessed by 15 year-old, from about 50 ft. away. Both dogs engaged in a scuffle with the lion and the smaller of the two dogs was injured. This took place in the rural-residentail neighborhood of Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Please contact dog owner/ parent of witness at email provided. Contact wants to report attack and provide more details.
Apr 18, 2018: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
Confirmed
Morning (6am-12pm)
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Mountain lion was sitting on the south side of the hill quite close to the trail. Was previously in the middle of the trail according to a bicyclist who alerted me to its presence.Saw us but seemed uninterested/ nonaggressive
Apr 17, 2018: Puma Sighting
Camera Trap or Security Camera
Confirmed
Evening (6pm-12am)
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Lion captured on trail camera I'm Wunderlich park
Apr 16, 2018: Puma Sighting
Camera Trap or Security Camera
Confirmed
Early Morning (12am-6am)
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De Anza students working on a project, we have a few camera traps at Arastradero Preserve, one of our cameras captured a few photos of a mountain lion on April 16th, 2018. The photo quality is not that great.
Apr 16, 2018: Puma Sighting
Camera Trap or Security Camera
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Camera trap in yard captured a puma moving through