An update on our report a few weeks ago of our first view of a bobcat  [let alone  
successfully preying on a gray squirrel]...

The bobcat has continued to be an occasional visitor [and probably many more visits  
unobserved].

He came last Tuesday around 6pm and again this morning at 9am.  He takes the same  
path, including 'hiding' under our deck--near a line of birdfeeders.

This morning he tried to sneak up on a gray squirrel under the feeder line. I  
watched as the squirrel moved around, frequently placing its back toward Bob.  
  Bob made a quick foray toward it, but the squirrel ran for some bushes.  Bob  
stayed in full view without moving for several minutes. Much to my surprise, after  
about a two-minute wait the same squirrel came back to eat. At a near-fatal distance  
away, he saw Bob and hastily retreated [staying away this time].

Bob retreated under the deck when I put a red laser beam on the ground in front  
of him. I think Bob is still hungry, but then ..the route under the deck is a  
favorite path for chipmunks.

Ann and Hal
Lyme NH

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