Chapter 1: Bobcat Avery Returns with Kittens: April 22 - May 3, 2024

Bobcat Avery has now moved out with her kittens so it's safe to share highlights of her stay for those that might enjoy a different kind of “cat video”. This is chapter one of a multipart series that will track her family's entire stay through May 26, 2024.
Avery lived with us for about a month in 2024 so accidental encounters with her and the kittens were inevitable. Of note, I learned that if we show these animals respect by slowly backing away after an encounter, they remain calm and learn to live with us in peace. Frankly, I'm the visitor in her backyard so it's really me learning to live in peace in her domain- a relatively easy thing to do 😊.

[@donaldhoudek2889]

GREAT video! No Bobcat here in Central Florida, but I do have my resident rabbit, Mr and Mrs Possum, Mr and Mrs morning Dove and of course one 4 foot long grass snake along with probably 50 tiny lizards. Boring compared to your zoo. Oh wait one owl that hoots at 4:30 AM each morning. As with you the heat is on, summer has arrived!

[@ModestMaker]

Thanks so much- I enjoy any wildlife no matter how small. I just visited the native bee condo in the back yard- still going strong. Do you have native bees in Florida? Stick around for an upcoming video of an owl dive bombing Avery in the dark - amazing stuff. It looked like a vampire bat dropping in on a victim; coming soon.

[@donaldhoudek2889]

@@ModestMaker The wife has a butterfly garden in the backyard and today I used some of my 150 feet of spare window screen (still have to replace the window screens) to make an overhead shade for her plants. The sun is brutal! As for bees, there are some honey bees, but mostly Wasps and mud daubers.

[@ModestMaker]

@@donaldhoudek2889 Well thank you for supporting Florida with shade and an insect friendly garden-- every little bit counts . My own passionflower vines and milkweeds get eaten down to the nub every year but the prolific presence of monarchs and other insects is well worth it. The plants come back every year so no big deal!😁