Ocelots and Camera-traps

Ocelot family on the hunt

The camera-traps of the BCI Mammal Census have been revealing details of the life histories of wild ocelots.  In the past 16 years we have been able to trace the lives of the 20 to 33 resident ocelots.  The number has been slowly increasing since the study began.  For example, Morse Code is a female who had two kittens instead of the usual one, and both were raised to be healthy young adults.  Her kittens are Dot and Dash, and they are now about 2 years old and becoming independent.  The photos show them as they have grown.

--Jackie and Greg Willis