What is this? (don't blink)

[bobcat]

Need someone with some good eyes to tell me what the heck this fast moving critter is. I've recently gotten pictures of deer (doe, fawns, and a buck), coyotes, and a bobcat at this location. If I had to guess I'd say this is a fawn, but it's moving so fast it's hard to say. Plus I didn't know a fawn could run that fast.

What do you think?   (I cut the video down to only about 4 seconds)


http://s1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/bdan68/ONeill%20East%202012/?action=view&current=WGI_0005c.mp4

[carpsniperg2]

Dang that sob was hauling balls!!!

I think it's a bobcat. Looks like it has spots and the tail looks to be short with a lot of white on it.

[bobcat]

Here are some other videos from the same location:

http://s1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/bdan68/ONeill%20East%202012/?action=view&current=WGI_0037.mp4



http://s1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/bdan68/ONeill%20East%202012/?action=view&current=WGI_0040c.mp4



http://s1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/bdan68/ONeill%20East%202012/?action=view&current=WGI_0047.mp4

[huntnnw]

bobcat

[Kola16]

I am also going to say bobcat.

[bobcat]

Well, here is a bobcat:

http://s1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/bdan68/ONeill%20East%202012/?action=view&current=WGI_0020c.mp4

[Kola16]

No bobcats in the day 

[bobcat]

No bobcats in the day 

No, that's the only video I got of it.

Lots of coyotes in that area. I'd guess the bobcat might feel a bit outnumbered.

[Kola16]

No bobcats in the day 

No, that's the only video I got of it.

IMO you have two now 

[bobcat]

No bobcats in the day 

No, that's the only video I got of it.

IMO you have two now 

If that is a bobcat running by, I bet it was being chased by a coyote, or two.   

[Bigluke1981]

Boy it is really tough to tell. I have played it over and over several times and paused along the way and still cant tell %100.    Nice area and videos though

[Kola16]

I am pretty sure it is a bobcat. Maybe even a lynx  If it were a yote, I think we would be able to see the long tail.

[bobcat]

No lynx around here, this was in Thurston County.

By the way, I forgot to mention, that one video where the coyote picks up something by the stump, it picked up a candy bar that I had tossed out there when I was there 2 weeks prior to that. It was an old smashed Snickers bar that I found in my backpack, just thought I'd see what might eat it.

There's another video where you can see the coyote actually eating it, but I had trouble uploading it to Photobucket for some reason.

[MadHatter]

Based on the other videos and looking at the size of the other animals in proportion to the area it ran though it looks to be on the smaller side maybe 4-6" tall, and even then I think some of its height is from it coming off the ground while bounding... Could be a rabbit hauling ass, the bounds look pretty consistent with that... Although that size is based on that stump in the middle of all the videos being about 14-18" wide...

Just using this video for the mechanics of a rabbit running...
Running Rabbit

[Kola16]

Who said lynx 

A rabbit  It looks to big to me. Although it shouldn't be ruled out.