Lions and tigers and bears: oh my!

Andy has acted strangely here in the mountains: spooked, watchful, nervous, excited. We've speculated that he smells the bears that have been spotted in the neighborhood. Last year I saw a huge cat of some kind (I told Jimmy I thought it was a mountain lion, but he says not) near our driveway, and I've heard what I thought were coyotes howling in the middle of the night.

Looking down from our deck late last evening, we saw a couple of bobcat cubs pouncing at each other and darting back into the undergrowth. I managed to get a photo of one of them. It's a long way down so it's pretty hazy, even with the zoom, but you can see him staring up at us.

We're only taking Andy out on a leash these days.