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
Dec 18, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Heard loud screeching, snorting and what sounded like extremely aggressive bird calls. I thought a raccoon was injured but it continued and it sound like it was walking in a large circle. I am used to the raccoons in the area so I know what they look like and sound like, I know their sounds. This was wildly different, louder, more aggressive and extremely creepy sounding. I used my flashlight to shine into my backyard and I noticed cat ears, large eyes and a short tail and immediately identified this as a bobcat. It was not injured, so it seems, but maybe stuck in a yard. It is still there and very loud.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.78433 N, 122.46724 W
Dec 18, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Not very bashful for a bobcat. Small in size, posed for all of our pictures, casually strutting across the rode.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.16965 N, 122.93427 W
Dec 17, 2022: Puma Sighting
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It headed north out of sight toward Via Montanas.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.95283 N, 122.01648 W
Dec 16, 2022: Puma Sighting
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I saw paw prints dried in the mud that appear to be a mountain lion or bobcat. Many people walk this trail (including myself) many times a week, would someone please investigate?
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.98353 N, 122.13691 W
Dec 15, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Walking by my front door
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.44000 N, 122.32000 W
Dec 14, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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This bobcat chased a deer (the blur at the beginning) across our yard.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Dec 13, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Smaller bobcat seen in the lower driveway behind the house.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.35740 N, 121.77316 W
Dec 10, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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This morning my wife saw and photographed a bobcat.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.85802 N, 122.05397 W
Dec 8, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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A bobcat grabbed one of our chickens.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.97962 N, 122.54383 W
Dec 7, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Looks like a fairly large mountain lion to me
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.33634 N, 122.19606 W
Dec 7, 2022: Puma Sighting
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seen via camera trap image
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.32187 N, 122.27232 W
Dec 6, 2022: Puma Sighting
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No doubt a cougar. I’d say 160-200 lbs. white face, long tail, terrifying! Took devils gulch (Samuel p Taylor) fire road up to the property line/fence. I’m thinking I must of scared the cat out from where it was bedded down because a previous scan with binoculars I didn’t see it. Then outta nowhere it was 200-250 yards away about 75’ from the top of the ridge. The encounter lasted at least 10 min. The cat showed no fear and could care less I was there. After 10 min or so it walked up to the peak, under the fence and it was gone. I know that most claims turn out to be bobcats, this is not such a case. It was def a mountain lion.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.03563 N, 122.72226 W
Dec 6, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Found this carcass on Tuesday. Appears as if neck has been broken. Saw the cougar responsible the next day.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.03374 N, 122.72997 W
Dec 4, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion running across driveway
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.52800 N, 122.51000 W
Dec 3, 2022: Puma Sighting
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uCetRLjm-K6JvcvfZWhbzMh1U-NPsAyQ/view?usp=drivesdk
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.54406 N, 122.48732 W
Dec 2, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.32187 N, 122.27201 W
Dec 1, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Mom and cub
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.82500 N, 122.56000 W
Nov 30, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Captured on our blink camera at 9:36 pm.
There is a gate in front of him and if he jumped he would have been roaming downtown Half Moon Bay, CA.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.46000 N, 122.43000 W
Nov 30, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.32186 N, 122.27185 W
Nov 29, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Adult bobcat
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.71200 N, 122.03000 W
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