Dinner is served.
Picture of a possible Mountain lion and there is a picture of a Bobcat in same location. The knee of "Subject" and jaw of the Bobcat are both at the same leaf of Golden ragwort. We also measured and it is 12" at the leaf. Obviously no 100% ID is possible but I wanted to put this out to document it. The day prior to the"lion" photo, I saw a large beige animal move across a trail, I was shocked and couldn't understand what it was, it didn't move like a deer and was fast. I alerted my husband and we went searching...the subject ran a few hundred yards up the mountain in seconds. Two days later this picture; both incidents were under 50 yards from an area with 2 potbelly pig rescues.
I am thinking maybe a badger due to size
Scaled quail must like Italian food.