Earlier this month, we wrote about the most awesome “I woke up to this” moments that have ever happened, and this story that happened to Tim Newton from Alaska definitely belongs there.
“Tim was awakened by noises on [his] deck last week – and looked outside. In astonishment, he grabbed his camera.. and can you believe it? Mama Lynx and her SEVEN kits!!” – he later wrote on his facebook page.
“She called to them and they all lined up right outside in front of where he was standing (he was inside the screen door!) Amazing ALASKA WILD LIFE!!! They proceeded to run and play on our deck, and then in our yard!”
“I’ve concluded that lynx must spend 1 percent of their waking lives chasing rabbits, and 99 percent chasing their kids. It was pretty much non-stop frolicking and rough-housing.”
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To get a shot on one Lynx is pure luck, but a whole family is awesome, plus they even stayed to play in the garden too makes it even better.
. . . fantastic delight . . . "Feed 'em" was my first thought, they all look so gaunt that I'm surprised they had any energy to play, especially Mom who has given her all to get that crowd this far . . . "Mom-of-the-year award goes to this spunky lady . . .
Load More Replies...@david Engel Actually, it is. well, it might not be a number, but it is a defined mathematical term.
Load More Replies...Oh, so cute, I love lynxes! The species, native to my country-Bulgaria is extremely rare and I'd probably never be able to photograph a wild one. Honestly, I can't even imagine how great it must feel to capture such rare and beautiful animals on photo!
Love your username... But your mouth is kind of creepy...
Load More Replies...This is a cat lady's dreams come true! A mama lynx bringing a huge (7?) Litter (7!?) Of kittens to frolic on the porch!! And those feet!! They look like they are wearing daddy's shoes!
I so agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Load More Replies...Those are my cousins! They were coming to my house for a visit, and they went to the wrong house! I'm so sorry!
I don't mind a bit! They can have my bedroom. And the spare room. And any where else they need... I can sleep on the couch... Or a blanket on the floor, Welcome, Welcome All!
Load More Replies...This guy won't have any small furry rodents or snakes while this family is around.
I think their gorgeous. Wow how exciting to capture a whole family to take pictures of. That's Awesome!!!!
I ADORE lynx. They're one of my favourite big cats (well... I use that statement loosely). Look at their epic beards ad adorable tufty ears!
Well, yes. Wild animals don't sit on the couch and stuff their faces like people. They are fine. Do NOT feed wild animals.
Load More Replies...lovely nature at its best. Great to see lovely lynx mum with kits. I would have put some food out.? my opinion.
You are so lucky to have the whole family come for a visit. Those pictures are awesome. Almost makes a person think they can go out and play with the kittens. Thank you a zillion times over for sharing. I am a crazy cat lady so i love them all.
I would have been so thrilled. I would then be worried if they needed food and water. Beautiful cats. I despise those who trap these animals.
my favorite animal after dogs...they are so beautiful tks. for sharing your photo's...I am a little concerned that they are a little too thin...possible due to such a bunch of babies must be hard on Mom to provide enough food.
To all those saying that the animals are starving: the very fact that there are seven young means that they are not starving. If the mother couldn't produce enough milk the strong ones would survive and the runts would die off. That's how nature works. The fact that they are all alive means they all have enough to eat and are doing just fine.
wow, an usually large litter. My guess is they look gaunt because mom is overburdened but if they are all playful then they are likely healthy enough to be chasing rabbits soon.
Don't you get it? Obviously they are starving and desperate trying finding food.
The mother could be malnourished in trying to feed 7 kittens. The normal litter usually numbers no more than 4. It all depends of the kittens had already been weaned. From their size, they probably had.
Load More Replies.... . . "Mom-of-the-year" award is what she gets . . . they are on the verge of perishing, & hunger drove away fear with the enticing aromas that lured them in . . . kiddos celebrated the anticipated feed . . .
Load More Replies...I hope you had some yummies figured out for them, they must be hungry or they'd be far more timid.
I mean, they eat meat and fish and I am sure he has one or the other in his house
Load More Replies...Cute. I really hope this person wasn't feeding them. Wild animals should stay wild. When they lose their fear of humans and get hungry, bored or whatever - don't be surprised when they eat your dog. Close encounters with humans, usually encouraged by the human, most often leads to the animal being put down. I speak as a steward of Colorado Outdoors, and hope folks can understand that there are always consequences, even if unintended, to feeding the wildlife.
I wonder what drew the cats to a porch which must have a large amount of humans scent? Perhaps the momma lynx associates humans with food? Perhaps humans fed her in the past? Maybe they smelled food cooking in the kitchen?
This is adorable, a lynx mama and her 7 babies, this can probably only happen in Canada, here in Germany some lynxes came back from Eastern Europe or from France too many many years after the last lynx´d been shot for the fur, but they´re super-shy and unfortunately´re still poached, especially the Russians pay a lot of money for a lynx fur, in the Bavarian Forest 2 lynxes´ve been killed within less than a year a year or two ago, one of them was pregnant and the other one had a baby that´s never been found anymore, that probably starved, and two more lynxes from there´re missing, they had radio collars that´ve been found cut off the lynxes´ necks, so probably those two lynxes´ve also been killed, sometimes they find the one or the other missing lynx at a Russian fur trader´s shop, find it out by making a DNA test.... I hope this lynx furamily here´s safe!!! 😲😲😲💖💖💖
“I’ve concluded that lynx must spend 1 percent of their waking lives chasing rabbits, and 99 percent chasing their kids. It was pretty much non-stop frolicking and rough-housing.” LOL at that, fab!
Soo jealous! That guy is the luckiest man in the world to get a while lynx family in his garden!
Beautiful pictures. How lucky you are to live in such a beautiful place
...what a lucky, lucky person!...all those kittens, big family, impressive...
When things like this happen I consider them a gift from God I have seen thousands of animals in my live all over the world but there’s nothing like seeing them in your back of your house 😲😲😃
Makes me so want to check off my.. live in Alaska for a year (bucket list)... lucky lucky man
OMG, they are gorgeous,,, look at the SIZE of their paws... I hope you cooked a round of burgers for them!,, Brrraaahhh. What an awesome sight. Glad you had your camera close. In a lifetime, who ever gets to see this???
The size on those PAWS.....!!!!!! Fantastic photos - thanks for sharing!!
. . . large paws usually charastic of Lynx for travel in snow . . . . which is exacerbated by overly thin legs & gaunt bodies in this circumstance . . .
Load More Replies...They're so adorable! And those paws! <3 <3 <3 You guys were so lucky to have this moment with the Lynx family. :)
WOW ! I love them ! You got some great photos ! How lucky is that ! Thanks for sharing !
Wonderful photos, thank you! I just love their big paws and their little tails x
Those paws!!! How gorgeous - the photos, the Lynx, just stunning.
What a blessing that was to see this in his life running and playing freely!!
What a glorious surprise when this man opened his door. Who could even imagine that this was waiting for him!?
Seven kittens!!??? I guess they were all there and Mama didn't have any missing lynx.
This man must be a disney prince, theres no other way a whole family of Lynx would show up otherwise.
I would fear humans if I knew that I or my mother could tear them apart in seconds
Load More Replies.... . . absolutely, unequivocally spot-on . . . "starving, please help . . . " . . .
Load More Replies...Cats look skinny and hungry, animals will roam beyond their habitat boundaries when they are hungry taking a risk from predators
The lynxes look starving thin. Hunger can drive animals beyond their habitat boundaries at high risk by predators.
Cute. But there is a reason that they are called wild animals. They react to things different from anything you know about. Enjoy watching them. but leave them alone. And do not feed them. Disney movies are not real life
That is God giving you a gift! Fantastic! A few years back we had a large flock of white egreets stop in our back yard for a break when migrating! And I thought that was special
These are not wild lynx. A wild lynx vixen would never bring her kits onto somebody's porch.
Aweome scene to witness, however it means that human development has gotten even more tragicially close to the animals' wild habitat is is encroaching on their shrinking territory. They therefore have to search further and further out to find food due to habitat depletion. Climate change is also a major factor.
wonderful site to witness, however it means that human development is too close to wildlife habitat, and the animals' habitat is shrinking and they have to search further and further for food. Climate change is most likely also a factor.
Thank you for taking pictures and sharing. I wish I could have been there. This was really awesome. Thank you. You've got some good karma coming your way.
They are starving. Did they get help? did you call for assistance after you finished getting your cool pictures?
Those poor thi gs are starved. Did you get themsome help when you finished taking pictures?
Poor mama has so many mouths to feed....probably hoping for some food,...😟
Poor mama has many mouths to feed...probably hoping for something to eat....😟
They are adorable! I would be leaving food out every night for them.
They are adorable😀 I would be putting food out for them every night.
Now that is how a story like this SHOULD be presented, the whole thing on two pages and no purposely misleading headline. Thank you.
AWWW THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES AND THE PHOTOS !!!!! JUST PURE AWESOME !!!! THERE BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!
Totally awesome!!!! Look at the size of their toes!!!! Thank You for sharing!!!!
Are all these images from your security camera? i would love to write about it on my photography blogging platform https://www.photosquare.in
this is just absolutely awesome - they are so beautiful - thanks for sharing.
I seriously (and stupidly) would have given them cans of tuna. Tuna. All.Day.Long.
Amazing photos. ❤️ To all of you who want to feed wildlife, no these are not starving. And if they were, there are other ways to help than rushing to your fridge (call professionals who work with wildlife). The average adult lynx weighs from 18 to 30 pounds (8.2–13.6 kg). Male lynx are generally larger than females and occasionally weigh 40 pounds (18.2 kg) or more. The lynx mama in this picture looks like she is between 18-30 pounds.
They are adorable and so like domestic felines at play. Do you have 18 saucers of milk?
A very privileged moment for this man. Something rarely seen and never in Australia.
What a purrfect playground you have set up for these sweeties! Keep up the good work! Great shots, so lucky!
It is real cool pic , but doesn't that mother cat look real skinny?
From the pictures, it looks like they may have taken refuge from the rain on his porch, but, like typical "kids" didn't want to sit still! 🤣
probably begging for foods so that the Lynx can have a better food from humans aslong as the Lynx is not dangering the lives of those people in the house coz some wildanimals they like to be friendly with humans
Were they hungry? They look pretty thin. Hope this guy gave them a meal.
Often when wild animals come into human contact like that is the they are stressed for some reason. those cats look skinny most likely stressed
. . . Lynx tail has solid black tip vs Bobcat tail has white on underside . . . some crossbreeding has occurred . . . most distinguished distinction is range & size . . Screenshot...83-png.jpg
. . . which is an illusion created by overly thin legs & gaunt bodies . . . . exceptional litter size for wildcat . ..
Load More Replies...I've never seen such a lynx! The paws are bigger and back legs longer so their butt is higher,so adorable!
This is cool! I'm surprised Momma let you take that many pictures. Were you actually outside for some?
If I woke up for this, I'm pretty sure I'm in heaven. Lol. Omg... So adorable...
Beautiful pics. Incredible animal those big paws are indeed adorable.
. . . large paws usually charastic of Lynx for travel in snow . . . . which is exacerbated by overly thin legs & gaunt bodies . . . .
Load More Replies...awww wow that is so awesome! What a great morning surprise! All I get surprised by is possums lol
I would have to guess that you have to deal with them digging through your trash...
Load More Replies...Wow, strange creatures! Head and torso of a cat and legs of a dog! XD
You think that's strange? Look at the platypus and tell me what is it and why
Load More Replies.... . . Lynx or Bobcat ? two VERY closely related species, whose range overlaps only along the US-Canada border . . . . north = Lynx into Alaska . . . south = Bobcat (lower 48) . . . so our Mama & family most surely Lynx . . .
. . . starvation drove them to enticing smells & the kiddos were celebrating the prospect of a good feed . . . wild animals have very keen sniffers & hunger drives away fear . . .
its like will graham's house from hannibal series, dogs from the wood attracted to him
. . . . . . Lynx tail has solid black tip vs Bobcat tail has white on underside . . . some crossbreeding has occurred . . . most distinguished distinction is range & size . . Screenshot...8e-png.jpg
Load More Replies...Amazing, too bad you didn't stop typing after the letter g
Load More Replies...To get a shot on one Lynx is pure luck, but a whole family is awesome, plus they even stayed to play in the garden too makes it even better.
. . . fantastic delight . . . "Feed 'em" was my first thought, they all look so gaunt that I'm surprised they had any energy to play, especially Mom who has given her all to get that crowd this far . . . "Mom-of-the-year award goes to this spunky lady . . .
Load More Replies...@david Engel Actually, it is. well, it might not be a number, but it is a defined mathematical term.
Load More Replies...Oh, so cute, I love lynxes! The species, native to my country-Bulgaria is extremely rare and I'd probably never be able to photograph a wild one. Honestly, I can't even imagine how great it must feel to capture such rare and beautiful animals on photo!
Love your username... But your mouth is kind of creepy...
Load More Replies...This is a cat lady's dreams come true! A mama lynx bringing a huge (7?) Litter (7!?) Of kittens to frolic on the porch!! And those feet!! They look like they are wearing daddy's shoes!
I so agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Load More Replies...Those are my cousins! They were coming to my house for a visit, and they went to the wrong house! I'm so sorry!
I don't mind a bit! They can have my bedroom. And the spare room. And any where else they need... I can sleep on the couch... Or a blanket on the floor, Welcome, Welcome All!
Load More Replies...This guy won't have any small furry rodents or snakes while this family is around.
I think their gorgeous. Wow how exciting to capture a whole family to take pictures of. That's Awesome!!!!
I ADORE lynx. They're one of my favourite big cats (well... I use that statement loosely). Look at their epic beards ad adorable tufty ears!
Well, yes. Wild animals don't sit on the couch and stuff their faces like people. They are fine. Do NOT feed wild animals.
Load More Replies...lovely nature at its best. Great to see lovely lynx mum with kits. I would have put some food out.? my opinion.
You are so lucky to have the whole family come for a visit. Those pictures are awesome. Almost makes a person think they can go out and play with the kittens. Thank you a zillion times over for sharing. I am a crazy cat lady so i love them all.
I would have been so thrilled. I would then be worried if they needed food and water. Beautiful cats. I despise those who trap these animals.
my favorite animal after dogs...they are so beautiful tks. for sharing your photo's...I am a little concerned that they are a little too thin...possible due to such a bunch of babies must be hard on Mom to provide enough food.
To all those saying that the animals are starving: the very fact that there are seven young means that they are not starving. If the mother couldn't produce enough milk the strong ones would survive and the runts would die off. That's how nature works. The fact that they are all alive means they all have enough to eat and are doing just fine.
wow, an usually large litter. My guess is they look gaunt because mom is overburdened but if they are all playful then they are likely healthy enough to be chasing rabbits soon.
Don't you get it? Obviously they are starving and desperate trying finding food.
The mother could be malnourished in trying to feed 7 kittens. The normal litter usually numbers no more than 4. It all depends of the kittens had already been weaned. From their size, they probably had.
Load More Replies.... . . "Mom-of-the-year" award is what she gets . . . they are on the verge of perishing, & hunger drove away fear with the enticing aromas that lured them in . . . kiddos celebrated the anticipated feed . . .
Load More Replies...I hope you had some yummies figured out for them, they must be hungry or they'd be far more timid.
I mean, they eat meat and fish and I am sure he has one or the other in his house
Load More Replies...Cute. I really hope this person wasn't feeding them. Wild animals should stay wild. When they lose their fear of humans and get hungry, bored or whatever - don't be surprised when they eat your dog. Close encounters with humans, usually encouraged by the human, most often leads to the animal being put down. I speak as a steward of Colorado Outdoors, and hope folks can understand that there are always consequences, even if unintended, to feeding the wildlife.
I wonder what drew the cats to a porch which must have a large amount of humans scent? Perhaps the momma lynx associates humans with food? Perhaps humans fed her in the past? Maybe they smelled food cooking in the kitchen?
This is adorable, a lynx mama and her 7 babies, this can probably only happen in Canada, here in Germany some lynxes came back from Eastern Europe or from France too many many years after the last lynx´d been shot for the fur, but they´re super-shy and unfortunately´re still poached, especially the Russians pay a lot of money for a lynx fur, in the Bavarian Forest 2 lynxes´ve been killed within less than a year a year or two ago, one of them was pregnant and the other one had a baby that´s never been found anymore, that probably starved, and two more lynxes from there´re missing, they had radio collars that´ve been found cut off the lynxes´ necks, so probably those two lynxes´ve also been killed, sometimes they find the one or the other missing lynx at a Russian fur trader´s shop, find it out by making a DNA test.... I hope this lynx furamily here´s safe!!! 😲😲😲💖💖💖
“I’ve concluded that lynx must spend 1 percent of their waking lives chasing rabbits, and 99 percent chasing their kids. It was pretty much non-stop frolicking and rough-housing.” LOL at that, fab!
Soo jealous! That guy is the luckiest man in the world to get a while lynx family in his garden!
Beautiful pictures. How lucky you are to live in such a beautiful place
...what a lucky, lucky person!...all those kittens, big family, impressive...
When things like this happen I consider them a gift from God I have seen thousands of animals in my live all over the world but there’s nothing like seeing them in your back of your house 😲😲😃
Makes me so want to check off my.. live in Alaska for a year (bucket list)... lucky lucky man
OMG, they are gorgeous,,, look at the SIZE of their paws... I hope you cooked a round of burgers for them!,, Brrraaahhh. What an awesome sight. Glad you had your camera close. In a lifetime, who ever gets to see this???
The size on those PAWS.....!!!!!! Fantastic photos - thanks for sharing!!
. . . large paws usually charastic of Lynx for travel in snow . . . . which is exacerbated by overly thin legs & gaunt bodies in this circumstance . . .
Load More Replies...They're so adorable! And those paws! <3 <3 <3 You guys were so lucky to have this moment with the Lynx family. :)
WOW ! I love them ! You got some great photos ! How lucky is that ! Thanks for sharing !
Wonderful photos, thank you! I just love their big paws and their little tails x
Those paws!!! How gorgeous - the photos, the Lynx, just stunning.
What a blessing that was to see this in his life running and playing freely!!
What a glorious surprise when this man opened his door. Who could even imagine that this was waiting for him!?
Seven kittens!!??? I guess they were all there and Mama didn't have any missing lynx.
This man must be a disney prince, theres no other way a whole family of Lynx would show up otherwise.
I would fear humans if I knew that I or my mother could tear them apart in seconds
Load More Replies.... . . absolutely, unequivocally spot-on . . . "starving, please help . . . " . . .
Load More Replies...Cats look skinny and hungry, animals will roam beyond their habitat boundaries when they are hungry taking a risk from predators
The lynxes look starving thin. Hunger can drive animals beyond their habitat boundaries at high risk by predators.
Cute. But there is a reason that they are called wild animals. They react to things different from anything you know about. Enjoy watching them. but leave them alone. And do not feed them. Disney movies are not real life
That is God giving you a gift! Fantastic! A few years back we had a large flock of white egreets stop in our back yard for a break when migrating! And I thought that was special
These are not wild lynx. A wild lynx vixen would never bring her kits onto somebody's porch.
Aweome scene to witness, however it means that human development has gotten even more tragicially close to the animals' wild habitat is is encroaching on their shrinking territory. They therefore have to search further and further out to find food due to habitat depletion. Climate change is also a major factor.
wonderful site to witness, however it means that human development is too close to wildlife habitat, and the animals' habitat is shrinking and they have to search further and further for food. Climate change is most likely also a factor.
Thank you for taking pictures and sharing. I wish I could have been there. This was really awesome. Thank you. You've got some good karma coming your way.
They are starving. Did they get help? did you call for assistance after you finished getting your cool pictures?
Those poor thi gs are starved. Did you get themsome help when you finished taking pictures?
Poor mama has so many mouths to feed....probably hoping for some food,...😟
Poor mama has many mouths to feed...probably hoping for something to eat....😟
They are adorable! I would be leaving food out every night for them.
They are adorable😀 I would be putting food out for them every night.
Now that is how a story like this SHOULD be presented, the whole thing on two pages and no purposely misleading headline. Thank you.
AWWW THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES AND THE PHOTOS !!!!! JUST PURE AWESOME !!!! THERE BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!
Totally awesome!!!! Look at the size of their toes!!!! Thank You for sharing!!!!
Are all these images from your security camera? i would love to write about it on my photography blogging platform https://www.photosquare.in
this is just absolutely awesome - they are so beautiful - thanks for sharing.
I seriously (and stupidly) would have given them cans of tuna. Tuna. All.Day.Long.
Amazing photos. ❤️ To all of you who want to feed wildlife, no these are not starving. And if they were, there are other ways to help than rushing to your fridge (call professionals who work with wildlife). The average adult lynx weighs from 18 to 30 pounds (8.2–13.6 kg). Male lynx are generally larger than females and occasionally weigh 40 pounds (18.2 kg) or more. The lynx mama in this picture looks like she is between 18-30 pounds.
They are adorable and so like domestic felines at play. Do you have 18 saucers of milk?
A very privileged moment for this man. Something rarely seen and never in Australia.
What a purrfect playground you have set up for these sweeties! Keep up the good work! Great shots, so lucky!
It is real cool pic , but doesn't that mother cat look real skinny?
From the pictures, it looks like they may have taken refuge from the rain on his porch, but, like typical "kids" didn't want to sit still! 🤣
probably begging for foods so that the Lynx can have a better food from humans aslong as the Lynx is not dangering the lives of those people in the house coz some wildanimals they like to be friendly with humans
Were they hungry? They look pretty thin. Hope this guy gave them a meal.
Often when wild animals come into human contact like that is the they are stressed for some reason. those cats look skinny most likely stressed
. . . Lynx tail has solid black tip vs Bobcat tail has white on underside . . . some crossbreeding has occurred . . . most distinguished distinction is range & size . . Screenshot...83-png.jpg
. . . which is an illusion created by overly thin legs & gaunt bodies . . . . exceptional litter size for wildcat . ..
Load More Replies...I've never seen such a lynx! The paws are bigger and back legs longer so their butt is higher,so adorable!
This is cool! I'm surprised Momma let you take that many pictures. Were you actually outside for some?
If I woke up for this, I'm pretty sure I'm in heaven. Lol. Omg... So adorable...
Beautiful pics. Incredible animal those big paws are indeed adorable.
. . . large paws usually charastic of Lynx for travel in snow . . . . which is exacerbated by overly thin legs & gaunt bodies . . . .
Load More Replies...awww wow that is so awesome! What a great morning surprise! All I get surprised by is possums lol
I would have to guess that you have to deal with them digging through your trash...
Load More Replies...Wow, strange creatures! Head and torso of a cat and legs of a dog! XD
You think that's strange? Look at the platypus and tell me what is it and why
Load More Replies.... . . Lynx or Bobcat ? two VERY closely related species, whose range overlaps only along the US-Canada border . . . . north = Lynx into Alaska . . . south = Bobcat (lower 48) . . . so our Mama & family most surely Lynx . . .
. . . starvation drove them to enticing smells & the kiddos were celebrating the prospect of a good feed . . . wild animals have very keen sniffers & hunger drives away fear . . .
its like will graham's house from hannibal series, dogs from the wood attracted to him
. . . . . . Lynx tail has solid black tip vs Bobcat tail has white on underside . . . some crossbreeding has occurred . . . most distinguished distinction is range & size . . Screenshot...8e-png.jpg
Load More Replies...Amazing, too bad you didn't stop typing after the letter g
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