Winter Mountain Lion
by Sandra Bronstein
Title
Winter Mountain Lion
Artist
Sandra Bronstein
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art Photography - Digital Art
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2013 Sandra Bronstein Photography. All Rights Reserved. Please note: no watermark will appear on purchased products.
The cougar, also known as the puma, mountain lion, panther, or catamount, is a large cat of the family Felidae native to both South and North America. Its range, from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes of South America, is the greatest of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. An adaptable species, the cougar is found in nearly every major habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the Western Hemisphere, after the jaguar. Solitary by nature and nocturnal. the cougar is most closely related to smaller felines and is genetically closer to the domestic cat than its related species - the lion. Cougars are excellent stalkers and ambushers and pursue a wide variety of prey to satisfy large appetites. Their primary choices are deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep as well as domestic cattle, sheep, horses. Sadly, more and more cougars have been spotted in urban areas creating problems and usually ending poorly for the animal. In recent times, a cougar was stalked in the city of Chicago and shot. They have been observed as far east as Connecticut. A magnificent and sometimes misunderstood animal. Controlled environment.
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Comments (51)
Sandra Bronstein
Thank you Robert for the feature in your group Nature Photography. So glad you like this.
Ruth Housley
Hi Sandra, Very nice capture of the mountain lion with all the snow. Looks like he is looking at you or something. f Ruth
Lois Bryan
holy WOW, girl!!!!!!! I appreciate all the info you included about the kitty ... but it's the back story to how you captured this amazing image ... and lived to tell the tale that I'm waiting for!!!! Let me refill my coffee cup ... then it'll be time for you to spill the beans!!! AWESOME image ... perfection of detail and light!!! I'll say it again: WOW!!! f/v
Utah Images
I hope that guy was tame! I always enjoy encounters with critters, but a close-up meeting with a cougar in the wild would be too intense for me. Beautiful photo of a beautiful animal!
Sandra Bronstein
Thanks Bajan for the feature in Group of Photographers From Around The World. Most appreciated.
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