{"id":262029,"date":"2021-05-29T00:04:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/unusual-bobcat-tree-den-found-in-california-fire-burn-zone\/"},"modified":"2021-05-29T00:04:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T21:04:53","slug":"unusual-bobcat-tree-den-found-in-california-fire-burn-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unusual-bobcat-tree-den-found-in-california-fire-burn-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"#Unusual bobcat tree den found in California fire burn zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n In this April 15, 2021, photo provided by the National Park Service are bobcat kittens that were found in a cavity of a large oak tree in the Santa Monica Mountain range. Biologists studying Southern California bobcats found a mother and three kittens this spring in an unusual den in a cavity up in a tree in an area intensely burned by the huge 2018 Woolsey Fire west of Los Angeles. The National Park Service says bobcat denning in a tree is unusual. Their dens are usually found in hollow areas of thick chaparral or coastal sage vegetation or in woodrat nests. Credit: National Park Service via AP
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Biologists studying Southern California bobcats found a mother and three kittens<\/a> this spring in an unusual den in a cavity up in a tree in an area intensely burned by a huge 2018 wildfire west of Los Angeles, the National Park Service said.<\/p>\n

Bobcat “denning” in a tree is unusual, according to biologist Joanne Moriarty.<\/p>\n

Their dens are usually found in hollow areas of thick chaparral or coastal sage or in woodrat nests made of piles of sticks and leaves.<\/p>\n

Scientists believe the bobcat used the cavity<\/a> because little vegetation has grown since the Woolsey Fire<\/a> ravaged the Santa Monica Mountains<\/a> and Simi Hills, the park service<\/a> said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The mother was first captured<\/a> in the Simi Hills more than a year after the fire. A radio tracking collar was placed on her and she was given the designation B-370 in the study of how bobcats survive in a region where wilderness is fragmented by urban development.<\/p>\n

Moriarty suspected B-370 was denning but was having trouble finding her last month.<\/p>\n