Comments for Urban Edge Wildlife

Comment on Living with Mountain Lions in a Bay Area Canyon by Terrie Smith

Terrie Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:23:59 +0000

Thanks for such an insightful article and amazing videos. It’s especially important for humans to appreciate and understand how to coexist with wildlife. Btw, both of my (indoor only) cats were curled up sleeping next to me when I was reading this and they both picked up their heads and looked when they heard the sounds the mountain lion was making. When they realized there was no threat to them they went back to sleep

Comment on Dusky-Footed Woodrats Help Save a Canyon by Lucy Larkin Noonan

Lucy Larkin Noonan — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:39:26 +0000

I Google-lensed a structure just inside the woods behind my house. It belongs to dusky-footed woodrats! I’ll be researching them in a big way.
I’m very excited and welcome any and all input from people who know anything about them.

Comment on The Bobcat Kittens Grow Up by Barbara A Maddux

Barbara A Maddux — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:36:38 +0000

Here is a picture of a mother bobcat that I caught taking her baby and possibly more a way to safety after having them in a semi trailer full of parts at a business

Comment on You Can Make a Difference by Rena Brown

Rena Brown — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:08:10 +0000

Incredibly informative. Thank you Marilyn for this….. I will be sharing this and join other peoples attention to it

Comment on You Can Make a Difference by Dave Holbrook

Dave Holbrook — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 05:59:50 +0000

So great to get educated on the sensitivities and critical survival challenges of animals sharing this very small canyon area. One that has been taken for granted by a few who believe it to be merely THEIR place to hike as they please. When in fact we all must learn (as Ms Krieger has so elegantly written) that it’s an environment to be shared with those creatures who’ve called their ever finishing world “home” – a concept we can and should all appreciate and strive to protect. For all of our sakes.

Comment on Summer Time Wildlife Dramas by Elinoar Almagor

Elinoar Almagor — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 01:29:56 +0000

Fascinating, thank you for sharing

Comment on Summer Time Wildlife Dramas by Marilyn Krieger

Marilyn Krieger — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 18:45:17 +0000

In reply to Bill Leikam. Thank you

Comment on Summer Time Wildlife Dramas by Bill Leikam

Bill Leikam — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 17:26:54 +0000

Excellent.

Comment on Dusky-Footed Woodrats Help Save a Canyon by Marilyn Krieger

Marilyn Krieger — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:59:50 +0000

In reply to Matt McGowan. I agree with you... this is a topic that concerns me as well. But, are these woodrats a species of special concern? I don't know who you would talk to about this, but I recommend that you do some homework and find out. If they are, than you can't clear them.

Comment on Dusky-Footed Woodrats Help Save a Canyon by Matt McGowan

Matt McGowan — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 23:47:12 +0000

I am saddened and frustrated by the lafd brush clearance mandates which eradicates so much of the verdure and ground cover of our hillsides. My property in Laurel Canyon is home to 4 different large woodrat homes. I was advised by the local fire department chief to remove the woodrat nests. But I don’t have the heart. Perhaps, I won’t pass the inspection due next week. Is there anything I can do?