Yo /an/, I don't normally post on this board, but I feel like you guys would be qualified to answer. Could you help me ID a predator I saw in my backyard? I live in Southern NH, and the temperature is starting to drop, if that helps.
I was going outside about 10PM to check on my quail, when I shone my flashlight into the woods about 35-40 yards away. I saw a light, and when I shone my light on it more, I saw two. I called out to it, thinking it might be my dog. I doubted it, since my dog's eye shine is more whitish, this animal had a more red glare to it. It turned tail and ran, and looked sort of gray-ish, and looked like it had a tail. It might have just been a leg, but I am unsure. I am fairly certain it is a cat of some sort, maybe a bobcat, but those guys are smaller than what I saw. It moved way too fast and was too big to be a coon or a porcupine.
I have heard reports of a mountain lion in my town, and have seen scat that resembles that of a mountain lion in the woods. The scat could easily just be raccoon or bobcat, but I have seen actual, fresh, mountain lion scat when I was in New Mexico that looked similar. But, I know I am in the wrong area to have one of those around.
Anyone here know, it definitely spooped me out, so some details might be off.
