At first, Nicole Leslie91裸聊视频檚 husband thought it was a stray cat checking things out in their east Maple Ridge backyard.

Only when it hopped up on the back fence of their Albion home Sunday did he realize it was a bit bigger than a house cat.

Nicole didn91裸聊视频檛 waste any time and grabbed her camera and got a picture of it standing on the top of the fence.

Her husband got some cellphone video, too, of some heart-warming seconds of the mother cat carefully walking on top of the fence, followed by a kitten just moments later.

91裸聊视频淚 grabbed my camera and ran to the front porch and caught it just in time there. She paused and was quite curious about me and the camera. She calmly turned around and hopped down after that.91裸聊视频�

Her neighbours have a critter cam and have said bobcats are regular visitors. But until Sunday, Nicole had never seen them.

Nicole, who lives on Kimola Drive, has seen many wildlife visitors this year, including a crane, beaver, bear, raccoons and a salamander.

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She said there seems to be lots of small animals in the area as a food source.

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She initially put the photos on to the Albion Neighbours Facebook group, drawing comments of 91裸聊视频淏eautiful. Amazing picture,91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淪o cool.91裸聊视频�

Conservation officer Todd Hunter said there91裸聊视频檚 a healthy population of bobcats in Metro Vancouver. The bobcats will hunt rabbits, which hide in blackberry bushes, as well as squirrels, rats and mice.

91裸聊视频淚n Metro Vancouver, we91裸聊视频檝e received, in the last two years, more call volumes come in with sightings of bobcats around homes.91裸聊视频�

Hunter cautioned people not to feed wildlife of any kind.

He asked people to be careful to not leave any type of food outdoors that can attract rats or mice or racoons, which in turn can attract predators, such as bobcats, cougars or bears.

People have to do everything they can to remove any kind of food outside their homes and make sure they don91裸聊视频檛 leave their small dogs or cats outside.

91裸聊视频淭he cougars, they91裸聊视频檙e preying on the raccoons more.91裸聊视频�

Two reports have come in during October and November of cougars killing racoons from North Vancouver to Maple Ridge.

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Bears can also hunt deer.

91裸聊视频淭hose bears have been noted to prey on deer, right in people91裸聊视频檚 yards.91裸聊视频�

There have been several reports of that happening in North Vancouver and in the Belcarra and Anmore areas of Port Moody.

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Hunter said people should respect wildlife and don91裸聊视频檛 get too close.

91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 what keeps them wild. Enjoy them at a distance and give them their space.91裸聊视频�

Last month, a reader sent in a photo of a calmly watching hikers pass by on a trail in UBC Research Forest.