P-77, who is around 5 or 6 years old, has been tracked crossing freeways in the past, including the 101 and 118 freeways.
"It will be interesting to learn how these kittens will use the landscape once they get older and disperse, particularly if they decide to stay in the Simi Hills or cross freeways to enter larger natural areas," shared Jeff Sikich, the lead field biologist of the NPS mountain lion study.
"It's encouraging to see reproduction in our small population of mountain lions, especially after all the mortalities we have documented in the last year." For more photos of these paw-some tots, and what happened during their quick check-ups, scroll down now. The mountain lion kittens were located"in a dense patch of poison oak nestled among large boulders on May 18."
"Each visit to a den by a biologist occurs while the mother is away hunting for food, feeding, or resting. A biologist will track her movements via telemetry while others on the team approach the den area. Once the den is found, the researchers will conduct a general health assessment of the kittens a short distance away and place them back when finished. This typically takes less than an hour.
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