Brief Project Update

The ‘DFW Carnivores’ project is nearing 300 observations! An update in February 2014 revealed that 94% of the then 246 observations contained a photo for identification and occurred within 29 different cities. Most observations were of a live animal (64%), but trail camera photos were also common (23%), and tracks, scat, and roadkill/carcasses made up the rest (13%).
At that time, there were 80 bobcat observations (now nearing 90), 93% contained a photo, and were also in 29 different cities. Now that bobcats have been equipped with GPS collars, it will be interesting to see if any of their sightings get reported to this project.
Pleasant surprises include 4 river otter and 3 mink observations! Hopefully more are submitted to shed light on the presence and distribution of these semiaquatic mammals.
Please continue to spread word of this iNaturalist project and thank you for your contributions!
A local news story on the DFW Urban Bobcat Project and iNaturalist:
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/24676653/lone-star-adventure-urban-bobcat-study
Texas Parks and Wildlife News Release:
http://www.tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20140210c&nrtype=all&nrspan=2014&nrsearch=

Posted on 04 April, 2014 16:04 by dbroman