Baby bobcats make adorable surprise visit to Calgary home (Gallery)

A woman had gone out to wash the front door glass when she ran into this unexpected fur family. 

"Hi! We're you're new neighbors. Pleased to meet you!"

courtesy of Katherine Reiffenstein

"I saw the mother and one kitten, and all of a sudden kittens just started popping up," Katherine Reiffenstein said. 

courtesy of Katherine Reiffenstein

She was lucky to snap a few photos as the curious family checked out her home, before running off. 

courtesy of Katherine Reiffenstein

The consensus in her area is that the mother has been around a while, and had her kittens somewhere in the southwest Calgary neighborhood of Haysboro.

Sheila Foster and her husband of the same neighborhood also got to see this little family play in their backyard!

courtesy of Sheila Foster

courtesy of Sheila Foster

The cats spent most of the day in Foster’s backyard playing with a fake grass carpet, throwing small pinecones in the air and roughhousing with one another.

courtesy of Sheila Foster

courtesy of Sheila Foster

Conservation officers suggest the mother will raise the kittens in sheltered backyards like Foster’s until they’re big enough for her to take them back into the wild.  

“Absolutely no threat to anyone except those pesky squirrels,” says Foster, who welcomes the convenient wildlife viewing through her back patio window.  Bobcats aren’t entirely unusual in the Calgary area.

courtesy of Sheila Foster

Lounging in the sun.

courtesy of V. Galloway

What an adorable family. 

That being said, bobcats are wild and should be treated as such. They can do some real damage if they feel threatened, and if you have them in your area, don't let your domesticated cats outside!

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