Texas: Bobcat in South Texas

Bobcats are one of the most common wild cats in South Texas — you just rarely see them.

They’re perfectly adapted to the brush country: thick, tangled habitat that gives them cover to hunt and move without being spotted. In places like the Rio Grande Valley and coastal plains, they’re basically everywhere there’s enough prey and shelter.

Even though they’re widespread, most people only know they’re around from trail cameras, tracks, or the occasional quick flash of movement in the brush.  

This juvenile bobcat was quietly sitting in the brush besides a watering hole.  And when he heard us, as I got excited to snap photos, he disappeared and none of my friends were able to get a photo of him fast enough.