White Rock Lake Pump Station Bobcat

For the third time this month, we spotted a bobcat on the southwest end of White Rock Lake. 

The first time, we were sitting at the south end of the sidewalk along the pump station and saw one just stroll across from down by the building over into the woods across from us. I tried to catch it on camera but it was gone by the time I got my phone out. 

The second time, we were walking a little north of that spot just beyond the filter building and saw one cross the street over into the woods across from us. See my last post for video of that encounter. 

Yesterday, I was walking our Weim, Luna, on the north side of the pump station building and she spotted a bobcat walking into the shrubs along the edge of the building. In this video, I caught it walking out of the shrubs and down the sidewalk along the pump station building. It looked like it started to cross over about halfway down but changed its mind and trotted on down to the end of the sidewalk and down the steps.

By the time Luna and I got around to the south in the building where Linda was sitting, the bobcat had crossed beyond her into the woods. Linda said it's strolled across just as casually as the first one we saw. It's amazing to me how unafraid this bobcat is.

I had always heard stories about how furtive they are and how hard it is to spot them. This one sure is bold. Or perhaps there are more than one of them, in which case they are all bold!