weeks ago and didn't have camera with me and my flip-phone camera is putrid.

About a year ago I walked next to a bobcat, each of us on opposite sides of my family's house fence. We walked together for awhile as I talked to her/him. Just amazing. Even when s/he cut loose, s/he only went to the neighbor's yard and rolled around in the grass, then slowly meandered off toward the adjacent field. I feel blessed to have had that, and many more, wonderful encounters with the "wild" animals in our neighborhood.

10 months ago while driving a back road. He was just standing in the road by a bridge and by the time I got my camera he turned and ran off. From a distance I thought it was a huge black dog, until I got closer.

I weep at what man is doing to destroy these amazing creatures habitats.

Theory is they are migrating. I went through a phase about 8 years ago when I tamed our yard rabbits, and a few years later the squirrels. I actually had a baby rabbit, who no doubt had observed his mom practically eating out of my hand, run up to me and push his little nose against my leg, to get a sniff of this strange but friendly creature! Magical!

And you are so correct about what we're doing to animals' habitats.