After two hundred or so articles mostly focused on wildlife for the Tico Times, I\u2019ve written about most of the more well-known species that are walking, swimming, and flying around in Costa Rica. Every time I pick a species to write about, I get to go through my video archives and pick out the very best clips to accompany the article. That\u2019s all fine and good, but what happens when I record a particularly awesome video of an animal that I\u2019ve already written about?<\/p>\n
I shared some interesting facts about Costa Rica\u2019s pumas<\/a> back in 2023. To go along with the article, I linked a video of some of my favorite puma clips that I had recorded to that point. Three years and many puma videos later, I have a backlog of puma awesomeness that\u2019s too good not to share. I put a few of my favorites in the video below. Here\u2019s the story that goes with each clip.<\/p>\n Homerun Video<\/p>\n Sometimes I place a camera at a location purely for the stunning background. Often times there is very little reason for wildlife to pass by that exact spot, but if they do, the video will be a homerun purely based on the beauty of the backdrop. I had a camera on homerun location, a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, for over a year. Any species that happened by would make a good video, but in my heart of hearts I was secretly hoping for a puma. A few months ago, my exact wish came true. Not only did a puma walk in front of the camera, but it framed itself perfectly, sat down, and then peered back over its shoulder at the camera.<\/p>\n Missed Connection<\/p>\n I frequently wonder how many times I\u2019ve had a wild cat staring at me while walking to review camera traps and never had any idea that they were there. I bet it happens, but I\u2019ll never know it. The closest I can get to figuring it out is when I review a camera trap and look at the second to last video. The last video is always me, huffing and puffing from hiking, opening the camera, and hitting the off switch. The second to last video is whatever animal was there before I got there. Recently, I was reviewing a camera that is part of my amazing camera trap tour<\/a> that you definitely should participate in, and the second to last video was a muscular male puma stealthily stalking some probably oblivious animal in the distance. I missed him by a little less than an hour.<\/p>\n Change the Name to Finca Puma<\/p>\n