E.L. Karlstrom 1954 lynx rufus April 8 El Capitan meadow, 3950 ft, yosemite valley, yosemite national park, Calif. 10:45 A.M. One adult cat loafed along along a meadow pool 100 yards south of the road. It stopped and remained motionless watching us from a standing position as we approached to within 40 yards, the 50 feet wide pool separating us. After five minutes it ambled away from us SE 10 yards to a group of pine trees. It then took a standing position facing us on top of a deadfall tree. After a few minutes it crawled. The black and white marks in its ears were only clearly visible signs. at 10:56 the animal slowly walked away from us still in a SE direction to a heavy stand of pine 75 yards away from our position. It would walk a few yards, turn and eye us. The hind quarters and backs of the legs were yellow brown, and the upper side of the short tail mostly black & brown. As the animal turned toward our station it flicked it curled tail nervously maybe 10 times and a flash of white from the underside of the tail were largely striking. The curiosity and seemingly delicate unafraid action of the cat were striking.