Patio at our door steps

Lots of shares around the world in the last 24 hours. People asking about where and what and who. I was eating lunch when something caught my eye at the patio doors:

This is a yearling bobcat (born probably spring of 2017). We believe it's a female, but couldn't tell for sure. She came right to our patio door at lunch time, roaming all over the deck, smelling everything, and stayed for about four minutes.

She is not alone. Mama and big brother or sister have been seen around our neighbourhood all fall, and we saw mama ourselves in the trees one evening at sunset. She was too quick to get a photo.

FOr those that have asked or suggested: baby is not limping, just pacing and was switching feet on that one photo. They have been prowling around our house for some time now, our kitty sits in the window all the time all hours of the day watching and meowing.

We don't think they are starving by any means. We have a large flock of pheasants, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunk, and all sorts of birds that frequent our back yard, so they were either prowling for their next wild dinner, or kitty cat stew.

We live right next to 500 square kms of wilderness, lakes and wildlife near Tantallon (around the corner from Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada). Wildlife is in our yard all the time, so we were not surprised, but delighted by the VERY RARE opportunity to get this video and pictures. It's not often they are so photogenic