Since Sunday, I've seen two animals that I've never seen before in person......a Coyote and a Bobcat. I saw the Coyote on Sunday night while driving on my road about 1KM from my house. Although it appeared to be full grown, it was a little smaller than I expected. I am guessing it was about 40lbs or so.
Then tonight just before dusk, we actually had a Bobcat in our backyard. I had to do a double take at first from our kitchen window as I really couldn't believe it was a Bobcat. I certainly wouldn't want to meet one of these suckers in the woods even though it was smaller than the Coyote. I always let my dog out at night to go to the bathroom unsupervised, but this has made me think otherwise.