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
Mar 13, 2015: Puma Sighting
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camera trap photo of mountain lion passing behind my backyard fence. My backyard is just above Aptos Creek and borders on Nisene Marks State Park. 338 Village Creek Dr, to be exact.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.99177 N, 121.91573 W
Feb 19, 2015: Puma Sighting
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At bottom of our steep hill this morning, loud noises (frightening) and large figure in tree. When figure came running down from tree (still shrieking), appeared to be a mountain lion. We googled the sound and it sounded like female mating call? There is a large deer colony living on our hill. Reason for concern is that we are about 2 blocks from Glorietta Elementary school in Orinda.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.87222 N, 122.16655 W
Feb 16, 2015: Puma Sighting
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Family goat killed by puma.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.06786 N, 122.08679 W
Feb 16, 2015: Puma Sighting
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A cougar killed our 175lb 11 year old healthy goat in a corral. 240 Sanborn Lane Felton Ca 95018. Some time between the evening of the 16th and afternoon 17th. A cougar also killed a goat next door on El Solyo Heights just a day earlier.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.06554 N, 122.08724 W
Feb 16, 2015: Puma Sighting
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Killed 1 adult goat + 2 pygmies. One week earlier, another kill of 2 goats 3 miles away, and a week before that - another kill of 3 goats about 10 miles away. He did not eat his kill. Please contact me.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.19223 N, 122.00362 W
Feb 15, 2015: Puma Sighting
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We actually have a killed goat on the 15th at 1:30 am and a live sighting on 16th at 9 pm..and a kill on Sanborn 16th late evening
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.06692 N, 122.08823 W
Feb 14, 2015: Puma Sighting
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Found a deer carcass (see photo) that I think may have been a puma victim. It was off to the right of the Nisene Marks main road, after the steel bridge approx. 1/4 mile and between Aptos Creek and the fire road. a few more photos.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.00382 N, 121.90573 W
Feb 4, 2015: Puma Sighting
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Sighted a puma with wildlife biologist Sue Townsend. We got a good, long look at it with binoculars. It saw us, then walked away north. Distinctive walk and long puma tail. We were on edge of Marin County Open Space preserve, it was on Lucas property. (I work for Marin County OSD) No pic unfortunately.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.06405 N, 122.61174 W
Jan 29, 2015: Puma Sighting
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In Santa Cruz on the 700 block of High Street near Laurent St. The mature lion crossed High St. in front of me going north then proceeded up High St. west 1/2 block along the fence, turned right to head up along the back yards of Ross St.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.98957 N, 122.08464 W
Jan 29, 2015: Puma Sighting
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i believe this was the first cat a second time as it has no collar. I have video of this cat off of my surveillance cam.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.13581 N, 122.12911 W
Jan 27, 2015: Puma Sighting
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This picture was captured on our property with our game camera. Kinda scary but we knew they were out there. It appears to be wearing a GPS tracking collar.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.07423 N, 122.08022 W
Jan 21, 2015: Puma Sighting
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This was the first cat, no collar. I have video off a surveillance cam. This was on KSBW, 1/23/15 at 11:00
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.13581 N, 122.12919 W
Jan 21, 2015: Puma Sighting
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This was the second cat, and it had a collar. I have video off a surveillance cam. This was on KSBW, 1/23/15 at 11:00
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.13573 N, 122.12914 W
Jan 18, 2015: Puma Sighting
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2 10 second videos. 1:43am a single lion going away from camera. 1:47 am 3 lions coming towards camera. I attach a still from the second video.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.42457 N, 122.27920 W
Jan 17, 2015: Puma Sighting
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I have been hiking in Tilden park for the last twenty years and this is a first for me.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.93232 N, 122.26636 W
Jan 15, 2015: Puma Sighting
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I reported this to the SM County Sheriff & Fish & Game. Not sure of date. Fresh Deer carcass on trail off Elm/George in Montara. All of the deer organs had been eaten/back half of deer was gone. Deers eyes had not glazed over yet so it was a very fresh kill. No blood on grass so it killed elsewhere, the remains were being carried to another location. I must have startled the lion and it dropped the remains. A neighbor told me that he had seen a Mtn. Lion crossing George by the creek at night when he comes home from work. I told the Sheriff about this and he knew the neighbor and was going to talk to him. It took over a week for Fish & Game to call me back, and he said that unless someone is attacked, they won't do anything about a Puma.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.53605 N, 122.49388 W
Jan 13, 2015: Bobcat Sighting
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It was on my property and I watched walk by through a window
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.37500 N, 122.89000 W
Jan 11, 2015: Puma Sighting
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I wanted to report a sighting but with all of the useful information online there was no information on HOW to report a sighting. Hopefully you can get this information to the right people...The sighting was today 1/11/15 around 7am...Santa Cruz, it looked like a young cat, a little bigger than a Golden Retriever...It was walking on the side of the road and then darted into the forest...This was on Highland Ave, which borders UCSC and Wilder Ranch....The Cat actually ran into the forest that considered the top of Harvey West park...Anyways, just wanted to get the sighting documented somehow...Thanks Jenny
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.97980 N, 122.03645 W
Jan 11, 2015: Puma Sighting
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seen on security camera chasing deer on cordilleras road
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.47327 N, 122.26482 W
Jan 9, 2015: Puma Sighting
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623 Jean Marie Dr 95403
A mountain lion was spotted last night in the Mark West Estates neighborhood in Santa Rosa Ca at 12:30 p.m. Approximately 80 -90 lbs. walking the sidewalks in front of houses.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.50156 N, 122.74509 W
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