By Abigail Dwire, 2014 BHI Conservancy Intern

1. Abigail
Dwire

2. ¡ Important
to
our
predator/prey
monitoring
program
¡ Start
watching
for
population
trends
¡ Interested
in
movement
between
islands
in
the
Complex
¡ Effects
of
coyotes
on
other
predator
species

3. ¡ Historically
occupied
the
Midwest
¡ Expansion
into
NC
and
arrival
at
the
SIC

5. ¡ Approx.
2
ft.
at
the
shoulder,
20
to
45
lbs.
¡ Travel
up
to
~12
mi/day
§ Solo
or
in
family
groups
§ Mate
for
life
¡ Nocturnal
¡ Territorial
¡ Diet:
Omnivorous
§ Rodents,
rabbits,
woodchucks,
birds,
deer,
lizards,
snakes,
insects,
and
fruit

6. ¡ Invasive
¡ Noninvasive
Noninvasive
sampling
techniques:
¡ Scent-­‐tracking
dogs
¡ Track
plates
¡ Scat
surveys
¡ Remote
cameras
¡ Hair
snares

8.
¡ Choosing
sites:
§ Looking
for
game
trails,
tracks,
and
other
evidence
§ Google
earth
¡ 12
hair
snare
sites
total
§ 8
of
these
with
cameras

10. Tracks
Scat
Dens
Kills

12. 360°
DESIGN
TOP
VIEW

13. ¡ Sprayed
posts
with
coyote
urine
every
4
days
¡ After
initial
spraying,
checked
posts
for
hair
before
spraying
again
§ Spraying
depended
largely
on
weather

14. ¡ Placed
game
cameras
approx.
8
to
15
feet
from
hair
snares
¡ ReconyxTM
HyperFireTM’s
HC550
White
Flash
LED
Digital
Game
Camera
§ Flash
range:
30
feet
§ Day-­‐time
color
images
§ Took
3
instant
pictures
every
time
it
sensed
movement

16. ¡ Recorded
time,
location
of
post,
location
of
sample
on
post,
how
much
hair
per
sample,
and
other
notes
i.e.
noticeable
tracks
¡ Collected
samples
with
tweezers,
placed
into
plastic
bag
¡ Send
samples
to
lab

17. ¡ Looked
at
SD
cards
after
4
days

18. ¡ Collected
8
samples
total

19. SHOAL’S
POINT
7/23/14
NEAR
BLUFF
POND
7/28/14

20. Deer
Rodents
Raccoon

21. ¡ Challenges:
§ Weather
matters
§ Very
time
consuming
and
labor
intensive
§ Time
constraint
§ Lack
of
samples
§ Coyotes
are
notoriously
difficult
to
study

22. ¡ Future
goals:
§ Try
different
bait
§ Add
more
study
sites
§ Extend
data
collection
period
§ Continue
researching
survey
techniques
§ Contact
experts
¡ Continuation
is
important

23. ¡ Courtney
¡ David
¡ Jaymie
¡ Nicki

24. ¡ Kendall
K.C.,
McKelvey
K.S.
2008.
“Hair
Collection.”
Noninvasive
Survey
Methods
for
North
American
Carnivores.
Ed.
Long,
R.A.
et
al.
Washington
D.C.:
Island
Press,
2009.
135-­‐176.
¡
Gompper
Et.
Al.
"A
Comparison
of
Noninvasive
Techniques
to
Survey
Carnivore
Communities
in
Northeastern
North
America."
Wildlife
Society
Bulletin
(2006):
1142-­‐151.
¡ Hinton,
Joseph
W.,
Michael
J.
Chamberlain,
and
Frank
T.
Van
Manen.
"Long-­‐Distance
Movements
of
Transient
Coyotes
in
Eastern
North
Carolina."
The
American
Midland
Naturalist
168.2
(2012):
281-­‐88.
¡ Lawrence,
Shannon
E.,
and
Paul
R.
Krausman.
"Reactions
of
the
Public
to
Urban
Coyotes
(Canis
Latrans)."
The
Southwestern
Naturalist
56.3
(2011):
404-­‐09.
¡ Bogan,
D.
(2014).
RISE
OF
THE
EASTERN
COYOTE.
New
York
State
Conservationist,
68
(6),
20-­‐23
¡ http://media.oregonlive.com/pacific-­‐northwest-­‐news/photo/coyotejpeg-­‐a8a247fae9c82811.jpeg
¡ http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5501/13848483303_de3cc99718_m.jpg
¡ http://yipps.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_130604051.jpg
¡ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-­‐zHdu3LgaKsY/Te2aEmR0tfI/AAAAAAAAFac/5zPy-­‐s2OiAI/s1600/Coyote_scat.jpg
¡ http://rising.blackstar.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2012/06/Coyote-­‐family1.jpg

25. Questions?