Photos: Bobcat on the Hunt

Nature photographer Ian Shive gets a rare close-up of a bobcat hunting ground squirrels in California's Central Coast. See the technique used to photograph the bobcat in action, right in his own backyard.

March 02, 2023

By: Ian Shive

Show: Nature in Focus

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All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

All of these photos are a sequence of events where I was able to capture a bobcat hunting ground squirrels. In all of the years I've been practicing photography, I've never encountered a bobcat, let alone one that was so seemingly predictable with a fairly narrow hunting area. Unfortunately this cat wasn't a successful hunter, but I was a successful photographer!

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