A New Pet Project
Unleash your creativity! The HOA invites you to take part in our first ever Sincuidados Pet Photo Contest. Send us your best pictures of your furry, scaly or feathered family members.
Here’s how it works:
 
  • Each homeowner can submit up to three photos of their pets.
  • No pets on your premises? Homeowners without pets can submit photos of pets from family members.
  • Please send your photos to Keith Yaskin at yaskinsincuidados@gmail.com.
  • Please only include your original work that no one else holds a copyright to.
  • Send us photos no larger than 10MB.
  • Please don’t manipulate the photos to enhance them (such as applying filters or using Photoshop). 
  • Please submit your photos no later than December 1, 2020. 

The Communications Committee will select the best photos from the entries and then submit the finalists to the Board of Directors to determine the top three winners, which we will highlight in The Sincuidados Scoop and on our new website when it goes live.

The Sincuidados HOA reserves the right to display and post the photos online. The HOA will not allow any other third party to use the photos without the photographer’s written permission. The contest will exclude any entries from Board members, Communication Committee members and their families.

Please, no pet rocks. 
Big Cat In The Backyard
Sincuidados homeowner Lynne Russell's wildlife camera captured video of a bobcat in her backyard. The bobcat paused to take a dip in the spa before roaming poolside and hopping back over the wall. Lynne is a McDowell Sonoran Conservancy board member and estimated the male bobcat is about 35 pounds.

"I hear he enjoyed a few more neighborhood visits along his probable route back into the McDowell Sonoran Preserve," Lynne told The Sincuidados Scoop. "Getting into our yards is easy."

Lynne explained bobcats can jump as high as 12 feet, and that a male bobcat will defend a territory of one to 12 square miles. See Lynne's pictures below of a bobcat mom and her kittens on Lone Mountain.
A bobcat mom (above) and kittens (right) lounge on Lone Mountain. Lynne Russell explained they periodically venture off the mountain, hop over homeowners' walls and lounge by pools.
To learn more about "Living with Bobcats" from Arizona Game & Fish, click here.
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