They’re typically active between dusk and dawn so it’s unusual to see them in the daytime, especially in residential neighbourhoods.
But lately there have been several bobcat sightings in the central Okanagan.
Cheryll Gillespie saw one out the bedroom window of her house on the Kelowna lakefront and took a few photos.
“We’ve had a lot of coyotes lately. Of course we always get the deer, the beavers and the ducks and I love it. But I never saw a bobcat before so I thought that was pretty special,” says Gillespie.
Two other bobcats were also spotted in people’s yards in Kelowna’s Kettle Valley neighbourhood.
And in Peachland, Brenda Jose watched as a bobcat crossed her yard, climbed up onto her front door step, and had a nap.
“I’ve never seen a bobcat here before, lots of deer and bear, but never a bobcat. It was kind of neat. I opened the door and took some pictures. It looked straight at me, it wasn’t scared at all.” says Jose.
It’s likely the bobcats are in residential areas hunting for easy prey like house cats and small dogs.
“I’m thinking it’s all the snow, they don’t have any food, and they’re trying to find something to eat maybe,” says Jose.
The Conservation Officer Service advices people who come across bobcats in urban areas to try to make the cat know it’s not welcome by being loud and aggressive so it views humans as foes rather than friends.
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