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Coyote Tracking - Aquidneck Island
2: otter brown 07:32 AM Jan 29 2009 1063:3216 Reply to this post
adding student handouts and screenshot of student demo
3: otter brown 07:41 AM Jan 29 2009 1063:3217 Reply to this post
screenshot of coyote den on Norman Bird sanctuary
4: Ann Nunes 07:54 PM Jan 30 2009 1063:3243 Reply to this post
This is very interesting. Where do you get information like this from? Did you create the layers on the map or get it from somewhere? I bet your students love this.
5: otter brown 05:57 PM Jan 31 2009 1063:3247 Reply to this post
Ann,
The air photos and land use overlays come from Rhode Island's GIS program (RIGIS). The coyote points come from the Narragansett Bay Coyote Study and their shape files. The kids like this, but LOVE it if it's their coyote. The $10,000 to get off the ground with one coyote tracked, trapped and collared is the only stumbling block! We're especially interested in our Providence coyotes, because no urban coyotes have ever been GPS collared before! Thanks for your interest.
Peace n the River, Otter
The air photos and land use overlays come from Rhode Island's GIS program (RIGIS). The coyote points come from the Narragansett Bay Coyote Study and their shape files. The kids like this, but LOVE it if it's their coyote. The $10,000 to get off the ground with one coyote tracked, trapped and collared is the only stumbling block! We're especially interested in our Providence coyotes, because no urban coyotes have ever been GPS collared before! Thanks for your interest.
Peace n the River, Otter
6: Michelle Falcon 10:37 AM Feb 1 2009 1063:3251 Reply to this post
Very nice Otter. Does each kid get to pick a coyote? It makes a big difference in their ownership of the topic (I've found with my students anyway). How many have been collared? I didn't see that info. Maybe I missed it.
7: otter brown 03:26 PM Feb 5 2009 1063:3267 Reply to this post
Michelle,
Each collar costs $2,500. Until the economy crashed, The NBCS was getting a school to raise that money so they could pick (name) a coyote that was close to their school. That makes a huge difference in student interest in the project, as you said. NBCS had 20 coyotes collared. Our school is debating whether we could get the first urban coyote (that I know of) with a GPS collar, but the economy may preclude that. We got a $5,000 award from Amgen that will take us halfway to tracking, trapping, collaring a coyote and then radio collar tracking it with antenna and receiver($2,000!)
Otter
Each collar costs $2,500. Until the economy crashed, The NBCS was getting a school to raise that money so they could pick (name) a coyote that was close to their school. That makes a huge difference in student interest in the project, as you said. NBCS had 20 coyotes collared. Our school is debating whether we could get the first urban coyote (that I know of) with a GPS collar, but the economy may preclude that. We got a $5,000 award from Amgen that will take us halfway to tracking, trapping, collaring a coyote and then radio collar tracking it with antenna and receiver($2,000!)
Otter
8: Kathy Spicer 09:04 AM Feb 9 2009 1063:3275 Reply to this post
Otter,
What an amazing project! The students must really get involved since it's so personal to them.
What an amazing project! The students must really get involved since it's so personal to them.
9: Nirav Jhala 07:52 AM Dec 15 2010 1063:13485 Reply to this post
Hello Otter,
The discussion above is of great interest to me as my son is doing a project on Coyote Tracking in TX.
You mentioned each Collar was about $2500. Which device did you use? Can you give some info? Did you believe some of the other collars that cost less can do the job? What are the likely issues with the less expensive products such as the one pasted here -
http://www.telemetrysolutions.com/track-wildlife/gps-for-coyote.php
Your input will really be helpful.
The discussion above is of great interest to me as my son is doing a project on Coyote Tracking in TX.
You mentioned each Collar was about $2500. Which device did you use? Can you give some info? Did you believe some of the other collars that cost less can do the job? What are the likely issues with the less expensive products such as the one pasted here -
http://www.telemetrysolutions.com/track-wildlife/gps-for-coyote.php
Your input will really be helpful.
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