An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA
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@89th @Copper @Aqua-Letifer Ain’t gonna believe this…
Driving to pickup Finley from a friend's house by North Point Village, and I see a medium sized dog crossing the street. I start pulling over towards the dog since it’s obviously got loose, and maybe I can grab it and look for a collar. I get closer and realize it’s not moving like a dog, more like a cat. Get up next to it and sure enough, it’s a frigging bobcat. Biggest one I’d ever seen. 40 lbs I bet. In Reston, for Cripes sake.
Wish I had a dash cam…
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Bobcat makes ok stuff, but they are usually closed on the weekend. It must be an emergency.
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@LuFins-Dad said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:
@89th @Copper @Aqua-Letifer Ain’t gonna believe this…
Driving to pickup Finley from a friend's house by North Point Village, and I see a medium sized dog crossing the street. I start pulling over towards the dog since it’s obviously got loose, and maybe I can grab it and look for a collar. I get closer and realize it’s not moving like a dog, more like a cat. Get up next to it and sure enough, it’s a frigging bobcat. Biggest one I’d ever seen. 40 lbs I bet. In Reston, for Cripes sake.
Wish I had a dash cam…
Awwww, fuzzy kitteh!
Kinda strange for bobcats to be that far away from the mountains I guess, but they're freaking everywhere once you start getting out west just an hour or two. That was my elementary school's mascot.
I love bobcats. They're pretty smart as predators go, their senses are through the roof and generally speaking they'll leave you alone unless they've already gotten used to people.
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@a034393 said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:
Saw it this morning on the WO&D trail on the way to Reston from Herndon. Just past the FFX County parkway on the side path that parallels the bike path. I took a picture but ai can’t get it to upload. Will try again later.
I had problems uploading, too. The secret is that you have to change the size of the picture. When you go the the photo library and select a picture, there will be an options tab (bottom left on iPhone), touch that and change the size to large or medium, then upload.
And welcome!
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@a034393 said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:
Saw it this morning on the WO&D trail on the way to Reston from Herndon. Just past the FFX County parkway on the side path that parallels the bike path. I took a picture but ai can’t get it to upload. Will try again later.
Reston is known for cougars, for sure.
I used to run that exact path for many years when I worked in a building adjacent to the W&OD.
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@89th said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:
@a034393 said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:
Saw it this morning on the WO&D trail on the way to Reston from Herndon. Just past the FFX County parkway on the side path that parallels the bike path. I took a picture but ai can’t get it to upload. Will try again later.
Reston is known for cougars, for sure.
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Wow! Looks rather well fed! Maybe that’s why our goose population has dropped to manageable levels!
