Wild Puma Cub

On the first afternoon of my Patagonia trip, we were lucky enough to see the mother from my previous post and her three cubs along the shores of a large lake.  Two days later, those cubs were dead, killed by another puma.  Much of my group was understandably upset by this turn of events, especially since we made the grisly discovery.  So it was pretty special when, the very next day, we had an encounter with another female puma with three cubs.  We were very fortunate that one of the cubs, braver than the rest, climbed onto the ridge line to get a better look at us.  Hopefully this brood will survive into adulthood.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 600mm f/4 IS + 1.4x
ISO 800
1/400th
f/5.6

Max