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Photos: Suburban bobcat sightings around Tucson
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Over the years, readers of the Arizona Daily Star have sent in photos of bobcats. They've seen bobcat families, bobcats drinking, bobcats napping and even bobcats perched atop saguaros.
Suburban bobcat sightings
The babies were fooling around with the desert tortoise but luckily soon lost interest. He was fine.
Barbara CarrollSuburban bobcat sightings
David Burford snapped some photos of a mama bobcat and her three kittens in the backyard of his Oro Valley home.
David BurfordSuburban bobcat sightings
Victor Sunstar spotted bobcats in his yard almost every morning.
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Suburban bobcat sightings
This bobcat watched as Sherri Brean took its photo March 3, 2022, at a house near Oro Valley.
Sherri BreanSuburban bobcat sightings
On March 3, 2022, Arizona Daily Star reporter Henry Brean caught the same bobcat taking a nap.
Henry BreanBobcat plays with its kitten in Tucson backyard
Suburban bobcat sightings
Bobcat kitten on the wall
Rob BooneSuburban bobcat sightings
Bobcat found a warm, dry place to nap on our patio during the rain.
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Suburban bobcat sightings
Bobcat moments before his kill of a ground squirrel
By Sven OlsonSuburban bobcat sightings
Bobcat kittens in a tree
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Suburban bobcat sightings
Young Bobcats drinking. Mom is nearby.
By Patricia AlfordSuburban bobcat sightings
This bobcat was spotted drinking out of our fountain
By John GilkerSuburban bobcat sightings
Taken in Oro Valley
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Suburban bobcat sightings
A courageous bobcat atop a Saguaro.
Barry ThallSuburban bobcat sightings
Mike Klinicki took this photo at his home on June 2015. "We discovered bobcats living on our roof after hearing some noise several nights in a row. We live in Vail. There was a mother and three cubs."
Mike KlinickiSuburban bobcat sightings
We have had lots of bobcat visitors around here. My favorite is when there is a mama with her babies.
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Suburban bobcat sightings
Jim Liessmann took this picture on April 30, 2008, of a bobcat on a saguaro.
Jim LiessmannSuburban bobcat sightings
Gay Russell took this photo in June 2011. "After several days of resting and playing in my yard, a mother bobcat left her two kittens, about a month old, with me while she went hunting. I was able to catch this photo of one of the kittens, playing peek-a-boo! "
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Suburban bobcat sightings
"Fred" the bobcat sits in front of cactus in a Catalina Foothills resident's back yard.
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