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Orange County’s bobcats: probing the urban edge

March 6th, 2009, 3:04 pm · Post a Comment · posted by

A new study that involved the capture, collaring and tracking of bobcats shows that the mid-sized predators make use of habitat fragments along the edges of urban Orange County. In part, it’s good news; the creatures appear able survive in more places than scientists previously thought. But it comes with bad news as well. To reach these fragments, the cats must cross busy streets, and many are killed.

See Orange County Register story with photos and graphics on the results of three years of study by scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado State University. (Photo from motion-triggered camera, courtesy USGS.)

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