Wildlife Corridor Camera Trap Study PREPARED FOR BAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST M A R C H 5 TH, 2 0 1 5 By Simon Nhan With the assistance of Brenda Padgham, Rebecca Nissley, Avery Bowron, Deborah Rubnick, Malerie Fleischman, Aaron Wirsing Summary Question: What kind of activities are occurring in in the Wildlife Corridor and what is the relationship between the wildlife and human activities? Case Study Coyote home range in metropolitan area (Stanley D. Gehrt, et al. 2009) Urban and rural areas of Chicago Fragmented habitat lead to increase in home range In urban areas Coyote used the night to move in urban areas to another part of their home range Summary Continued 8 Cameras, 3 study sites All pictures are saved but only pictures with people Camera Date Time Species Location (ft.) Habitat Notes 2 7/30/2014 1337 Mallard ~28.27 ft. from Trail Facing Pond or wildlife were used 2 7/30/2014 1403 Mallard ~92.68 ft. from wetland Facing Pond 2 7/31/2014 1640 People ~297.48 ft. Building Pond and Trail 2 8/4/2014 926 People Pond and Trail 2 9/4/2014 1247 People Pond and Trail Data retrieved from photos: 2 9/12/2014 818 People Trail 2 9/14/2014 1020 People Trail 2 9/15/2014 1457 people Trail Camera number 2 9/15/2014 1515 people Trail 2 9/14/2014 1018 people & Dog Trail 2 9/15/2014 1457 people & dog Trail Date 2 8/11/2014 1145-1153 People & Horse Pond and Trail 2 8/11/2014 1044-1053 people & Horse Pond and Trail 2 8/14/2014 1331 People & Horse Pond and Trail Time 2 8/14/2014 1231 People & Horse Pond and Trail 2 8/26/2014 843 People & Horse Pond and Trail 2 9/2/2014 956-1212 People & Horse Pond and Trail 2 7/29/2014 2233 Raccoon Facing Pond Species 2 8/24/2014 00_16 Unknown There have not been any statistical analysis done to this data and the graphs are just another representation of the Data Process After going through all photos and collecting the ones with a subject each photo is named Name convention Date, time, species i.e 021315_1020_Squirrel(1) Inputting the information in Excel At first, I hand input all relevant data Later Brenda and Avery suggested writing a script Graphs were generated from what I thought were easily comparable i.e. number of species and time of day Summary Continued 8 Cameras with 3 study sites Study Site A July 31st, 2014 – September 18th, 2014 Total Encounters: 298 High human use ranging from; strolls, walking dogs, horse riding Encounters Study Site A People Camera 1 Closest Deer Trail 95ft Encounter Wetland 593ft Building 156ft Coyote Most encounters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 112 Encounters Time (Hours) Human activity: 104 120 100 Coyote: 6 80 Deer: 2 60 40 Count for Camera Count for Camera 1 20 0 Coyote Deer Human Activity Encounter 65 Study Site A 52 39 26 Camera 2 Count for Cmaera 2 13 Closest 0 Raccoon Mallard Human Activity Unknown Trail 28ft Encounter Wetland 92ft Building 297ft Unknown 19 Encounters Raccoon: 1 Raccoon Mallard: 2 Human Activities: 15 Encounter People Unknown: 1 Mallard 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Study Site A Camera 3 People Encounter Closest Trail 27ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Wetland 384ft Time (Hours) Building 270ft Only Human Encounters: 20 Study Site A Unknown Raccoon Camera 4 Blue Heron Closest Encounter Trail 71ft Duck Wetland 62ft Dragonfly Building 260ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324 Time (Hours) Encounters 8 4.5 Dragonfly: 4 4 3.5 Duck: 1 3 Raccoon: 1 2.5 2 Blue Heron: 1 1.5 Countfor Cmaera4 1 Unknown: 1 0.5 0 Dragonfly Duck Raccoon Blue Heron Unknown Encounter Study Site A People Deer Camera 5 Encounter Closest Coyote Trail 47ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Wetland 311ft Building 350ft 65 Encounters 65 52 Human Activity: 61 Coyote: 3 39 Deer: 1 26 Count for Camera Count for Camera 5 13 0 Coyote Deer Human Activity Encounter Study Site A Vole Squirrel Raccoon Camera 7 Deer Encounter Closest Coyote Trail 186ft Bird Wetland 4ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Building 171ft Time (Hours) Encounter 29 65 Bird: 1 Coyote: 7 52 Deer: 2 39 Raccoon: 3 Squirrel: 11 26 Vole: 5 Count for Cmaera 7 13 0 Bird coyote deer raccoon squirrel vole Encounter Study Site A People Camera 8 Encounter Closest Coyote Trail 6ft Wetland 431ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2324 Building 240ft Time (Hours) Encounter 45 65 Human activity: 42 52 Coyote: 3 39 26 Count for Camera Count for Camera 8 13 0 coyote Human Activity Encounter Study Site A Comparison 120 100 Unknown Vole 80 Squirrel 60 Raccoon Human+ Detection Count 40 Dragonfly Deer 20 Coyote 0 birds 8 3 2 5 4 1 7 Cameras Based on Distance From Trail 100% 90% Unknown 80% 70% Vole 60% Squirrel 50% Raccoon 40% Human+ 30% PercentDetection Dragonfly 20% Deer 10% Coyote 0% 8 3 2 5 4 1 7 birds Cameras Ordered by Distance From Trail Study Site B September 19th, 2014 – January 20th, 2015 Total Encounters: 163 Cameras 1 and 2 were east of wetlands Study Sites were recorded based on date that’s why 1 and 2 are grouped with site B Cameras 3 -8 within wetlands Study Site B East of Wetland Camera 1 Closest Trail 34ft Wetland 57ft Building 171ft Encounters 4 Deer Human Activity: 2 Deer: 2 Encounter People 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Study Site B East of Wetland Unknown Squirrel Camera 2 Encounter Raccoon Closest People On Trail 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Wetland 164ft Time (Hours) Building 85ft 70 Encounters 73 60 Human Activity: 67 50 Cat:1 40 Raccoon: 1 30 Squirrel:2 Countfor Camera2 20 Unknown: 2 10 0 Cat Human Activity Raccoon Squirrel Unknown Encounter Study Site B Unknown Squirrel Raccoon Opossum Camera 3 Encounter People Closest Coyote No Trail 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Within Wetland Time (Hours) Building 278.69ft Encounter 52 65 Coyote: 7 52 Opossum: 1 39 Raccoon: 8 Squirrel: 33 26 Dog: 1 Countfor Cmaera3 13 Unknown:2 0 Coyote Opossum Raccoon Squirrel Dog Unknown Encounter Study Site B Unknown Raccoon Camera 4 Encounter People Closest Mouse No Trail 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324 Time (Hours) Wetland 29.01ft Building 347.49ft Encounter 7 65 Human Activity: 2 52 Cat: 1 39 Mouse: 1 26 Raccoon: 2 Countfor Camera4 13 Unknown:1 0 Cat Mouse Human Activty Raccoon Unknown Encounter Study Site B Squirrel Raccoon People Camera 6 Opossum Encounter Closest Deer No Trail Coyote In Wetland 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324 Time (Hours) Building 319.34ft Encounter 15 65 Human Activity: 1 52 Coyote: 5 39 Deer: 1 Opossum: 1 26 Raccoon: 1 Countfor Camera6 13 Squirrel: 6 0 Coyote Deer Opossum Human Raccoon Squirrel Activity Encounter Study Site B Camera 7 Deer Closest Encounter No Trail Wetland 29ft Building 412ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Encounters 3 Deer: 3 Study Site B Unknown Squirrel Camera 8 Encounter People Closest Coyote No Trail Wetland 29.01ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Building 347.49ft 65 Encounter 9 52 Human Activity: 1 Coyote: 2 39 Squirrel: 6 26 Countfor Camera8 13 0 Squirrel Coyote Human Activity Encounter Study Area B Comparison 100% 90% 80% Unknown 70% mouse 60% opossum 50% squirrel 40% raccoon PercentDetections 30% deer 20% coyote 80 10% Human 0% 64 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unknown Cameras Based on Distance from Trail mouse 48 opossum squirrel 32 raccoon Detection Count deer 16 coyote Human 0 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cameras Based on Distance from Trail Study Area C January 27th, 2015 – February 24th, 2015 Total Encounters: 49 Next to Meig’s Park, Trail separating study site and park Study Site C Raccoon Encounter Camera 1 People Closest Trail 18ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324 Time (Hours) Wetland 17ft Building 162ft 20 Encounters 6 16 Human Activity: 5 Raccoon: 1 12 8 Countfor Camera1 4 0 Human Raccoon Encounter Study Site C Camera 3 Squirrel Encounter Closest Trail 126ft Building 116.78ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Encounters 2 Grey Squirrel: 2 Study Site C Unknown Camera 4 Closest Squirrel Trail 179ft Encounter Raccoon Building 151ft Encounters 5 Coyote Coyote: 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Raccoon: 1 Time (Hours) Squirrel :1 20 Unknown :1 16 12 8 Countfor Camera4 4 0 Coyote Raccoon Squirrel Unknown Encounter Study Site C Deer Camera 5 Encounter Coyote Closest Trail 282ft Building 299ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Encounters 4 20 Coyote: 1 16 Deer: 3 12 8 Countfor Camera5 4 0 Coyote Deer Encounter Study Site C Unknown Squirrel Raccoon Camera 6 Encounter Mouse Closest Coyote Trail 282ft Chipmunk Building 299ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Encounters 22 20 Chipmunk: 1 Coyote: 5 16 Mouse: 1 12 Raccoon: 2 8 Squirrel: 11 Countfor Camera6 Unknown: 2 4 0 Chipmunk Coyote Mouse Raccoon Squirrel Unknown Encounter Study Site C Deer Camera 7 Encounter Closest Coyote Trail 271ft Building 279ft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time (Hours) Encounter 7 Coyote: 4 20 Deer: 3 16 12 8 Countfor Cmaera7 4 0 Coyote