Comments on: Bobcats in Connecticut

By: SarahI

SarahI — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:27:28 +0000

Old Lyme Ct, Whipporwill rd….bobcat crossed the road ahead of my vehicle….it stopped and looked at the car and carried on across the street!!! I’ve never seen one before….was shocked!!!!

By: Barry L.

Barry L. — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:35:17 +0000

We saw a bobcat on Billings Road in Somers at 8:55 P.M. crossing the road it looked like he might have been injured. May 5 2012

By: HollyB

HollyB — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:44:55 +0000

There I was driving home to Amston Lake from the Bolton Ice Rink on Rt 316, when a very beautiful Bobcat strolled across the road in front of me!! My first live Bobcat adventure, though seemed smaller than other folks posts. More like small dog sized… This happened at 6:30pm ET just a short distance from RHAM High School complex. I pulled over and put hazards on to get out and take a photo, but by the time I did the Bobcat had disappeared behind those big wild cabbages in the marsh.

By: John

John — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:18:14 +0000

I saw 3 bobcats in the road in front of my home Bristol. We live on the Bristol/Burlington line. They were slowly but deliberately making there way up the street at around 5:30 in the evening. Got a couple of lame pics on my phone. That is the first time I’ve seen them in this area and I’ve been in this home since 2000. Wow!

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:09 +0000

I saw what at first I thought was a boxer. It was 4:30 am. I was out having a cup of coffee with my 14 lb. cat. She was making her rounds in front of the house when I saw movement, it was about 20 yds. away. It was quite graceful in it’s movement but I also feared that my Orange tabby might be breakfast! I yelled at it but it didn’t miss so much as a beat in it’s cadence. Lovely and terrirfying at the same time.

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:59:40 +0000

Just saw a medium size bobcat in my backyard in Hamden. Victoria Court off Woodin Street. House backs up to a wooded area.

By: RGregs

RGregs — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:55:49 +0000

Saw a good sized bobcat in my backyard in Farmington… 7:45am. He walked casually through trees and shrubs, spotted a neighbor’s bird feeder thick with birds and squirrels. He made a sneaky approach and then pounced but came up empty.

Surprised he visited here, We are in a neighborhood of 80 homes on half-acre lots. He had to pass through 20+ yards to get to us.

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:18:12 +0000

Responding to Linda says:

January 19th, 2012 at 9:30 am, You did indeed see a bobcat on the 19th, he ended up in my backyard under our deck on the sameday later in the afternoon. He left and I didn’t see him again until Sunday afternoon close to the dusk hour. Early in the afternoon on Monday 1/23/12 he returned to our yard and entered the open space next to us. We did manage this time to get both video (very brief) and pictures of him. We are waiting to see if he returns again in the next couple of days, the habitat around here is exactly what bobcats enjoy…..so who knows
He is just beautiful!

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:30:26 +0000

Think I saw a Bobcat this morning on my way in to work on East Street in Southington. It was sitting on the edge of the road and as I approached it went into the woods. But I stopped and it stayed looking at me just inside the woods. Not sure if that is what is was because it looked somewhat smaller than those pictured here (but bigger than a house cat), and more grey in color. But it definitely had that stubby little tail with almost a stripped look being darker at the end. Could this have been something else I saw?

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Saw a bobcat on Norwich Avenue in Lebanon, CT, on Sunday January 15th.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:45:10 +0000

Just saw a bobcat down by chicken pen in redding

By: Blair

Blair — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:38:49 +0000

I saw a bob cat in windsor Ct when I worked there as a security officer it was not more then 20ft from me

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:54:03 +0000

Saw a HUGE Bobcat today in Newtown on Boggs Hill Road sitting in someones driveway!! When I pulled up the driveway it ran away. It was the size of a Golden Retriever!!!

By: sandra hall

sandra hall — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:30:33 +0000

i seen four bob cats walking down my drive way today

By: rebecca

rebecca — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:52:27 +0000

saw a bobcat cross the road in front of my car , Bunker Hill Road, Watertown, CT

By: Skip

Skip — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:31:39 +0000

Spotted a large Bob Cat (35lbs) in Newtown crossing Rt 302 near Key Rock Rd this afternoon.

By: Skip

Skip — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:31:39 +0000

Spotted a large Bob Cat (35lbs) in Newtown crossing Rt 302 near Key Rock Rd this afternoon.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:08:25 +0000

I have seen a bobcat a couple times on my street over the past couple of years. A small one was hit and killed on talcott notch Rd in farmington on 11/6/11.

By: Heather D

Heather D — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:49:43 +0000

10/18/11 Saw a bobcat this morning while waiting in the car for the bus around 8:30. It crossed the street in front of us and hung out in the driveway for a little while before moving on. We live in Avon, CT.

By: Brian C

Brian C — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:19:45 +0000

6:40am, 09/23/2011, I think I saw one in Windsor crossing River Street as I was driving to work. It ran across the road about one hundred feet in front of me. I thought “Hey, a cat. Wait, that cat was the size of a dog. No, it was definitely a cat with a short, stubby, bushy-like tail.”

By: Todd Bristol

Todd Bristol — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:30:11 +0000

Saw one today in Southington CT. Just a baby

By: Joe from Middletown CT

Joe from Middletown CT — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:28:56 +0000

6:30pm 8/15/2011, one mile from Durham, a baby bobcat sat starring at me , when I reached for my phone to take it’s pic it ran off

By: Woodbury1

Woodbury1 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:09:14 +0000

Saw two in my yard off Rt 317 in Woodbury over the weekend – large one around noon on 7/23/2011 and a smaller one on Sunday around 3 pm on 7/24/2011

By: jenn nj

jenn nj — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:45:08 +0000

just saw what i believe o be a bob cat at cotton hollow preerve in glastonbury, ct. beautiful. i decied my hike was ovr at that point.

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:54:42 +0000

Bobcat was seen at my jobsite in Meriden, research parkway area. A truly amazing and beautiful animal