Ocelots near the lodge

This month, we were visited on two occasions by an ocelot (leopardus pardalis). We saw one ocelot on the river bank. It swam across the river and then watched us as we passed it with our canoes. Ocelots are nocturnal, so to see it during the day like this was a rare treat. If you look at the tail of this ocelot, you will see that a large part of it is without fur. Ocelots are fiercely territorial and we believe that this missing fur on its tail could have been caused by a territorial dispute with another ocelot. Ocelots have a varied diet, but they mainly eat small mammals, of which there are many in the forests and fields around our lodge.
Then, just yesterday, another ocelot was spotted resting in the forest behind the lodge. The nervous calls of the purplish jays, the plush-crested jays and the bare-faced currasows are what made us aware of the ocelot's presence.