Field Notes
Friday Creature Feature : American Kestrel
April 10, 2020 After just a few weeks, wildlife cameras in our Border Wildlife Study detected 27 different species of wildlife in these incredible borderlands. Some of those species were photographed multiple times, as is the case of the American Kestrels! So, we thought we’d…
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Friday Creature Feature: Bobcat
February 28, 2020The bobcat (Lynx rufus) can be found all throughout the United States, Mexico, and Southern Canada. Like the coyote, the bobcat is adaptable and can be found in many habitat…
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Friday Creature Feature: Coyote
February 21, 2020The coyote (Canis latrans) is native to North and Central America. They are very adaptable and can live in all types of habitats across the continent. But more recently they…
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How wildlife camera data can change policy
February 19, 2020Highway 2 in northern Sonora, Mexico is one of the major barriers for wildlife to move north and south in the Sky Island region. Due to this concern Sky Island Alliance, in collaboration…
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Consejos y trucos para identificar fotos de vida silvestre
February 15, 2020No todas nuestras imágenes de vida silvestre son dignas de Instagram, nuestras cámaras toman decenas de miles de fotos cada año y la mayoría de ellas son muy difíciles de…
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Friday Creature Feature: Javelina
February 14, 2020The collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), or more commonly known here in the Southwest as the javelina, is a stout pig-like creature with grizzled coarse hair, long nose, and short legs….
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Tips and Tricks to ID wildlife photos
February 12, 2020Not all of our wildlife images are Instagram worthy, our cameras take tens of thousands of photos each year and the majority of them are just of animals moving about…
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Friday Creature Feature: White-tailed deer
February 7, 2020The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is native all the way from Southern Canada to Central America. They thrive in many habitat types including, mountains, swamps, shrublands, and rainforests. In all…
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How to check your wildlife camera
February 5, 2020If you haven’t read the previous post about setting up a camera, I highly recommend it, find it here: How SIA Sets Up Our Wildlife Cameras If you have read…
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Friday Creature Feature: Mule deer
February 2, 2020You can find mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) across Western North American. From central Mexico to southern Alaska. They inhabit the deserts, grasslands, chaparral, forests and mountains of the region. In…
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