Bobcats Foraging
Bobcats are active all winter, particularly at dawn and dusk, when their primary prey (hares and cottontails) are active. Mice and voles are also a significant part of their diet, and occasionally larger-bodied male Bobcats successfully prey on White-tailed Deer. The pictured tracks reveal that while foraging for food, a Bobcat discovered the remains of a Porcupine that had been killed and skinned by a Fisher.
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I great deal of detective work!
January 13, 2020 at 9:04 am
We have had a flock of turkeys wandering through our yard this year and, for the first time in 35 years, a bobcat, sometimes its tracks among the turkey tracks, and , in one instance, evidence of struggle, though no clear indication who had had won.
January 13, 2020 at 10:05 am
How do you know the porcupine was killed and skinned by a Fisher.?Thanks Marlene
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January 13, 2020 at 7:31 pm
While coyotes and bobcats have been known to eat porcupines, fishers are their primary predator, and fishers skin them in the manner I observed. I also observed some nearby fisher tracks. Good question!
January 14, 2020 at 2:42 pm