1 00:00:05,279 --> 00:00:14,120 here tonight then um than for for being here tonight it's wonderful to see 2 00:00:11,559 --> 00:00:20,039 everybody thanks G for getting it all all taken care of and this 3 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,039 here I'm 4 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:33,160 just at the end here um so the idea for tonight is that um I'm just trying to 5 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:37,719 educate on coyote so I'm trying to give you just information more information my 6 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:42,440 goal if that you leave this this room uh knowing one at least one more thing than 7 00:00:40,239 --> 00:00:48,600 come in this room so that's the goal that's the plan and hope to achieve 8 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:53,160 it so just to give you a little overview of what we're doing here um I'm going to 9 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:57,640 tell you a little bit all about paries in general so a pretty recent Barrier 10 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:00,239 Island presence I'm going to talk about the appearance of I'm going to talk 11 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:06,600 about the behavior of I'm going talk about their their Pack Unit talk about 12 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:10,400 Cy and then talk specifically a little bit 13 00:01:07,799 --> 00:01:15,200 of sure I slow down a little bit sorry about that kyes and sea turtles okay so 14 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:22,200 that is a big case study that we're thinking about moving forward on this 15 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:25,680 island and other sh Islands so um then we're going to get into some 16 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:31,079 perspectives from the Atlanta coyote project local Barrier Island communities 17 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:35,799 um and DNR as well well and then we're going to think about how we can apply 18 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:40,240 these perspectives to cook as a whole moving forward how we're already doing 19 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:47,920 that as well it's cool to see cool to hear that so whenever comes to coyotes 20 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:53,479 they were not always here shocker I know they did not originate here they are not 21 00:01:50,119 --> 00:01:58,799 indit to this area um they were originally native to the Western Plains 22 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:03,320 west of the Mississippi River that's not to say that they are of here as they 23 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:09,560 have come on their own accord to be here um due to just opening of the the 24 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:14,440 ecosystems and the niches for them to be able to get here um but they are not 25 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:20,879 inmic here um they're what basically happened um prior after the 1800s in the 26 00:02:17,319 --> 00:02:26,560 early 1900s mid 1900s a lot of Predator control programs as well as over hunting 27 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:32,319 eliminated a lot of the wolves that were the primary apex predator the top 28 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:37,519 predator uh in this region and and Beyond so we had red wolves in this 29 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:42,400 region specifically um small population left is controlled and protected right 30 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:48,519 now they were essentially eliminated back in the the early 1900s and then the 31 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:51,760 mid 1900s uh the gry Wolves were also over hunted you probably heard a lot 32 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:57,400 about that Yellowstone wolves all that sort of thing uh out west and now um 33 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:02,599 basically what happened is once the the grave wolves were were Bally elated 34 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:07,080 coyotes were able to start their their Eastward expansion they were able to 35 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:12,599 start making their way to the Mississippi River beyond the Mississippi 36 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:17,640 River and then no more Red Bulls so what does that mean more vacancy in in the 37 00:03:15,799 --> 00:03:22,560 ecosystems over here they were able to continue and and prosper and now you 38 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:27,760 pretty much see them everywhere in the United States they are everywhere so 39 00:03:26,159 --> 00:03:33,760 deforestation of course played a big part in this as well and aing in there 40 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:38,879 expansion um you know less suitable ecotone and habitat for them allowed 41 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:44,200 them to to also come this way they didn't to South Carolina until the 42 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:48,360 1970s okay so it was actually not that long ago in the grand scheme of thing 43 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:53,280 that they made it to South Carolina they did not become widespread in the South 44 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:57,840 uh until the 1990s okay so that is really it's very 45 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:03,000 recent history they become widespread everywhere in this area in this region 46 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:09,120 um now it wasn't until the early 2000s that coyotes arrived to Barrier Islands 47 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:12,040 at the Atlantic coast so barriers and the point of me saying all this is to 48 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:18,519 really emphasize I want to keep emphasizing this this is per new that 49 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:23,759 they are here it is not a it is not it is something that research is continuing 50 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:30,000 to develop on what are F here how are they behave on verys and that sort of 51 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:34,520 thing uh so yeah education management that is the name of the game right now 52 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:38,479 that is why we here tonight and that is why we will continue this conversation 53 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:43,600 hopefully moving forward now CES can be found on varer 54 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:48,199 Islands both connected to the mainland and also disconnected from the main man 55 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:51,560 so yeah that's kind of a thing you always think about PES can swim they're 56 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:55,800 actually pretty good swimmers and not to say you're see in 57 00:04:54,039 --> 00:05:00,520 the open reg I think that would be pretty rare to see but they can go 58 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:05,840 across P Creeks they can go across marshes and make their way to varer 59 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:11,639 islands that are separated from Main um also you'll find them on Islands 60 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:18,039 connected by by and land bridges you'll find them Ona on seabook on all of these 61 00:05:14,759 --> 00:05:22,880 other Islands as well so because they're so recent some of the areas of research 62 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:30,360 that we're looking at right now include gene flow so how much um how many 63 00:05:27,039 --> 00:05:33,120 different packs are reacting with one how many different packs are just kind 64 00:05:32,039 --> 00:05:37,240 of intervening um that's one thing we're 65 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:42,240 thinking a lot about as we as we start here um you see up here transient coyote 66 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:47,199 activity what does transient mean well that is basically a year old or more 67 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:52,520 coyotes that are actually leaving their family pack and wandering off to find a 68 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:58,000 new family pack often times males looking to find a new mate so that would 69 00:05:54,360 --> 00:06:01,840 be transient coyotes that often happens you know everywhere else but is that 70 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:08,240 same on Islands it might be a little bit more difficult to reach new island that 71 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:13,759 still happen um Range so coyotes can range their range size go anywhere from 72 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:19,599 two miles to 40 miles they are very adaptive okay they they have a lot of 73 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:25,800 different range sizes um out in rural areas they might utilize all miles 74 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:30,199 around here sebr Island the square mileage as well um are they utilizing 75 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:34,520 more here on SE Island that's one of the 76 00:06:32,479 --> 00:06:39,000 questions you know are they Island H are they just staying here even though it's 77 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:44,080 a small space because they have the resources for continuing research 78 00:06:41,319 --> 00:06:49,880 happening with them uh reproduction um yeah are they having 79 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:54,759 their their young at an earlier age are they having their young um at a 80 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:58,759 different seasonal time SP than they are in other places that's off some 81 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:04,800 continuing research and then diet how does the diet uh change between between 82 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:10,240 the chy in a rural area to an urban area to a bar these are all lines of research 83 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:16,440 that were that is contributing to the new and developing aspect of 84 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:20,039 this so let's think about their appearance for a second um I'm sure a 85 00:07:18,639 --> 00:07:24,319 lot of people who who in this room has seen a coyote before yeah a lot of 86 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:28,720 people have seen the coy they've been around for for a little while one thing 87 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:33,240 you'll notice they have those pointed upright ears 88 00:07:30,199 --> 00:07:38,240 very slender snacks okay much more so than your typical domestic dog they will 89 00:07:35,599 --> 00:07:43,160 also have a very buy tail and something about their tail you might see it right 90 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:47,159 here a very characteristic black tip on the tail boxes also have bushy Tails but 91 00:07:45,919 --> 00:07:51,720 boxes they're not going to have that black tip most dogs some might but most 92 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:55,800 dogs do not have that black tip so that is very characteristic of coyotes if 93 00:07:53,960 --> 00:08:01,360 you're wondering what it is you saw um the Eastern coyote mean the 94 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:05,599 coyotes be find around here are often bigger than the ones you can find out 95 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:11,520 west uh that has to do resources you know your desert coyote that tends to be 96 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:15,479 smaller than your Eastern coyote um now that said Eastern coyotes the coyotes 97 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:22,520 you find around here are usually still between 25 and 45 PBS at an average of 98 00:08:18,479 --> 00:08:28,919 30 PBS um often times I will hear that there was a 75 or 100 PB coyote you know 99 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:32,800 out there out y that's probably not true I would 100 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:38,080 world record most likely if that was true um but one of the reasons it is so 101 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:41,599 difficult to size estimate coyotes because they are hanging out in the 102 00:08:39,479 --> 00:08:46,800 early morning hours and then early evening and late evening hours it's dark 103 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:51,959 you might not you know start things look bigger a squirrel looks 104 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:57,080 bigger so that is one reason you often hear them overestimating 105 00:08:54,360 --> 00:09:01,760 size males are du to be larger than females of course adults are larger than 106 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:07,519 juven mil as well although they do grow fairly rapidly after a year they will be 107 00:09:04,959 --> 00:09:13,160 getting close to the size of their their their Al male female and then TRS they 108 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:19,720 will have oval pints very ovular little you know tow 109 00:09:17,079 --> 00:09:25,680 pads and often times the toe pads are very similar size to the pal okay and so 110 00:09:23,839 --> 00:09:29,920 you won't really see that with dogs dogs often times have a much larger Palm size 111 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:35,320 than they do the the pads you see up here those those pads are those toe pads 112 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:41,920 are very similar in size to that Palm size the front PS are always larger than 113 00:09:37,959 --> 00:09:47,800 the rear PS and often times you will U see the claw marks in the sand or in the 114 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:52,040 mud wherever it's the track is located compared to a bob let say you'll see 115 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:55,320 around here simar similar looking track but they don't have those retracted The 116 00:09:53,760 --> 00:10:00,040 Falls so they're not going to be having their falls out as they walk around um 117 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:08,760 so often times we see the calls most lik coyote or do often times the coyote have 118 00:10:03,839 --> 00:10:08,760 the most visible toe Mark the 119 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:18,160 front here just a couple of months ago actually on our property um collected by 120 00:10:16,519 --> 00:10:21,720 our barer Island nationalist there's some of them sitting right over here 121 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:26,640 right now uh they've been doing a lot of camera research and collecting a lot of 122 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:30,440 of really good data and really good images but there's one that that coach 123 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:39,279 you up next to one of our cameras back in November um yeah trademark appearance 124 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:43,760 right points at ears lenders now winter time okay this is November in the winter 125 00:10:41,079 --> 00:10:46,519 time they will have a lot thicker fur they will also appear a lot bigger in 126 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:51,000 the winter than they will in the summertime a lot thinner bur in the 127 00:10:48,839 --> 00:10:54,519 summertime simply because it's hot they don't need as much F you'll see the same 128 00:10:52,880 --> 00:11:00,560 thing with dogs and cats and you know all sorts of things that it's just one 129 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:05,079 train Park of them there's another example of tracks and 130 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:10,839 here's a really good uh visualization of a typical coyote track front and back 131 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:14,399 compared to a typical dog track those coyote tracks are going to be smaller in 132 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:21,000 general it depends on the breed of course those top pads will have the more 133 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:26,959 Clear Toe markings claw markings and you can see those pads those uh Palms are 134 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:31,240 about similar size to the tow padge for a coyote but not so much for a doll 135 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:39,120 they go everywhere they enjoy all ground so that you will find you will see them 136 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,600 you know markings in the sand you'll see it in the mud this is by one of our 137 00:11:41,399 --> 00:11:47,639 freshwater sloes in the maritime Forest over on St 138 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:52,120 Christopher property obviously freshwater spu freshwat is a hot 139 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:56,160 commodity for any animal on a Barrier Island I enjoy it over there as 140 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:03,800 well I think this a really good visualization as well to show you 141 00:12:01,959 --> 00:12:08,040 General size comparisons between a coyote and all these other animals that 142 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:12,680 can often be associated with them you see that characteristic black tips tail 143 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:17,839 for the coyote a general lab will be twice the size of a coyote a general Fox 144 00:12:15,199 --> 00:12:22,680 will be half the size of K those Tails will look similar except for the black 145 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:28,480 tip and then your typical domestic cat although my parents have a cat that 146 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:33,800 would give ayote money but the typical domestic cat it's going to be a lot 147 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:39,279 smaller okay a lot smaller and can appear as pre to a coyote and that's why 148 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:42,920 we're going to get more into domestic pets in a little while but they can 149 00:12:41,079 --> 00:12:50,360 appear spr lot of different color combinations 150 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:55,920 for coyotes you can see them red you can see them kind of blonde you can see them 151 00:12:53,440 --> 00:13:01,839 gray and silver uh and you can also see them with black H as well uh that is 152 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:06,440 called melanism coyotes Believe It or Not 153 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:11,279 5.4% of coyotes in South Carolina are known to have melanism known to be this 154 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:16,720 black color so that's actually a bigger stat than I thought whenever I first saw 155 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:21,600 that um but they the melanistic blackties have been seen on D Island 156 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,839 they've been seen on Sullivan's Island they've been seen M Pleasant a little 157 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:31,120 bit as well so they are in the general area so it wouldn't be impossible to see 158 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:37,160 one um in their everyday DRS as I mentioned their coach sing much 159 00:13:34,199 --> 00:13:41,839 more much much more in the winter time compared to 160 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:46,399 the we have very thin Co I'll show some images here in a moment as 161 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:54,199 well all right these are this is one coyote that 162 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:57,959 very recently of course has been on C on Christoper property that we've seen back 163 00:13:56,399 --> 00:14:04,199 and forth you can see this is not that long ago January and December um of this 164 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:08,480 this this year or December of this past year January of this year that's the 165 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:13,839 snow day in the top left up there the same coyote going back and forth in the 166 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:18,839 same area um I love that bottom image you can see very clearly during the 167 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:24,800 daytime the the coach color the fur color that the coyotes that I noticed 168 00:14:22,079 --> 00:14:30,880 the the the color that I noticed around sebr Island specifically more of that 169 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:34,480 gray reddish combination very very notable 170 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:39,079 silver you can definitely note that black TI Tail as well for 171 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:54,000 the they are found in rural environments they are found in cities they are found 172 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:59,560 in suburbs uh they are found north south east west and on Islands now okay 173 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:08,279 unbelievable that never Island they are on Islands so extremely 174 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:14,079 good attt extremely good changing at adap to changing conditions and changing 175 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:18,199 um to really whatever the world gives in okay so they are they are great at that 176 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:24,959 they thrive in that they are very intelligent very resilient um and and 177 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:32,480 very quick and and learn better than a lot of other typical mans of their 178 00:15:30,079 --> 00:15:37,560 the Navajo actually called them had several names for them some positive 179 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:41,959 some negative the the Navajo hermen back in the day called them trickers they 180 00:15:39,959 --> 00:15:48,040 called them God's Messengers and they also called them song dogs um they have 181 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:52,600 so many different languages pretty much or vocalization patterns is the better 182 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:56,399 way to put that for them um but they could sound like a lot of things at once 183 00:15:54,880 --> 00:16:01,720 and I'll talk more about our mization here 184 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:06,440 shortly I the word ecotone a minute ago um what that means is a habitat or an 185 00:16:04,319 --> 00:16:12,680 environment between two other maor environments they love the edge habitat 186 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:17,680 they love having some forests and then also some open space as well they want 187 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:21,880 the cover and they want the openness um whenever I think about Edge habitats in 188 00:16:19,519 --> 00:16:27,360 an area such as this golf courses come to mind um the fields we might have in 189 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:33,319 the general area and the rural area of John's Island um they love going back 190 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:36,639 and for between e Jones their territory size really depends on their environment 191 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:41,279 they just need reliable resources just like any other they need reliable food 192 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:47,199 they need reliable water they need reliable C they need all these things to 193 00:16:44,519 --> 00:16:52,519 Survive and Thrive and if you find them in an area that area is Meeting those 194 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:58,959 Feats so that you're finding them even Urban are even Urban 195 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:05,559 are because they are so resilient so adap so good at driving very anything 196 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:12,360 and finding resources um you do tend to find smaller 197 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:17,439 territory or smaller populations of coyotes 198 00:17:13,679 --> 00:17:21,160 on um smaller pocket of area so you tend to find fewer coyes utilizing the 199 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:27,600 resources of that area their activity patterns are very 200 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:31,039 much built around humans often times uh if humans are out in the valley don't 201 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:34,840 want to be out of the B humans are out of the B they they choose a different 202 00:17:32,679 --> 00:17:39,679 time of day to do their wering and that's why they what was known as 203 00:17:37,039 --> 00:17:45,240 propus um little little audience participation what is not 204 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:49,520 turn yeah hanging out at night what is have you ever heard the word 205 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:55,280 di during the day hang during the day this is a new one right here propus prus 206 00:17:52,600 --> 00:18:01,159 that is hanging out in the early morning and in the the early to late evening 207 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:04,760 evening Dawn and dusk so cusc they are one of those cusc animals just like deer 208 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:08,039 deer are ausc have a lot 209 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:20,120 of CLE for a second they are considered monogamous what that means is that they 210 00:18:16,919 --> 00:18:24,120 often make for life um if you have an alpha male or an alpha female and 211 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:28,880 nothing happens to one of them often times they will um make for life and 212 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:34,919 spend all their time you know together as long as they can um Now The Mating 213 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:40,760 usually does occur in the winter time so we're kind of passing over the that hump 214 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:45,200 right now so what that means is that um we might have had more transient coyote 215 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:49,480 activity might have had wandering coyotes coming in to mate during the 216 00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:54,000 winter time and now we're kind of in a new phase as we enter into the spring 217 00:18:51,799 --> 00:18:58,360 where we might have pups soon okay so the coyotes might be having their young 218 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:03,240 very soon and start rearing those young uh that rearing continues all the way 219 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:09,159 through the summertime and then uh usually in the fall to next winter you 220 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:15,320 will have young coyotes start to disperse and move on um it's not always 221 00:19:13,039 --> 00:19:19,960 the case sometimes the coyote pups will stay even after becoming a yearly even 222 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:23,840 after living a year or Beyond being a young adult they they will often stay 223 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:29,200 with the pack more often the males that will leave off and find a new pack um 224 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:36,280 and often times the females will St that you can see you know a lot going on like 225 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:36,280 I said very adaptive um so you never 226 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:44,240 know but a pack a pack whenever I say a pack with coyotes it's not like your 227 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:49,280 typical pack that you think of that first Pops to mind a pack is a family 228 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:54,480 unit for coyotes so the alpha male the alpha female that's the the parents of 229 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:59,200 of the coyote pack and then usually usually all part of that are offspring 230 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:06,039 that have happened years from that alha female um and let's 231 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:11,440 say you know an alha male dies or female dies then another you know coyote might 232 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:15,919 join or you know a transient coyote might come in and join the pack you can 233 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:22,799 see that as well this is just an interesting little U photo from my 234 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:27,760 research on theis island of coyotes um theis is not too far from here it's 235 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:34,360 located not attached by land but is located above pal between pal and C 236 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:39,679 Island not too far from Island either and this was actually a case it was a 237 00:20:37,039 --> 00:20:44,280 little bit unique being kind of a hard to get to 238 00:20:41,679 --> 00:20:48,360 um basically there was an alpha male alpha female pups um some of the pups 239 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:57,000 didn't make it I think one of the pups moved on and what you had with GRE 240 00:20:52,000 --> 00:21:01,600 coyotes to be Al Al daughter the sa um and the alha DI actually in this spot 241 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:06,120 you see right here and we thought hey let's put a camera there to see what 242 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:11,240 happens and every now and again those the alpha believe to be the alpha female 243 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:17,360 um and one of the pups we just kind of spend time in that area interesting 244 00:21:13,279 --> 00:21:17,360 little little tip in there from 245 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:27,080 2019 and this is one of this is probably the most recent photo I have tonight to 246 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:31,840 today this is what a month ago yeah this is a month ago pretty much 247 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:38,200 on on in the maritime Forest of C Island on St Christopher property um to this 248 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:43,480 day this is the most coyes I've seen in a photo um and I haven't seen more than 249 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:46,520 than two in person either and so I'm doing you know a lot of people are do 250 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:51,480 this but I'm really trying to figure out how many do we actually have on seab 251 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:55,799 island um how much like crossover is happening between our Island in other 252 00:21:53,400 --> 00:22:00,039 Islands it's hard to say I I think there could be more than three hanging around 253 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:06,039 I would surpris if it is just the same three that are wandering across to God 254 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:09,880 who knows but I do believe just knowing the time of year that it is right now 255 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:15,480 this is probably an alha pair and a yearly or a little over a yearly most 256 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:26,120 likely and I'm always curious to hear if anybody seen more than three at a time 257 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:26,120 or yeah okay how many 258 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:49,360 got I just want to break your attention first just to the top photo that is a 259 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:54,880 coyote the summertime that look smaller than perhaps the winter coyote yeah lot 260 00:22:52,720 --> 00:23:02,960 less F there lot it's hot so that doesn't much f 261 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:08,279 that's also from the island in 2019 KY are omnivorous that means that they they 262 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:13,159 will eat meats and they will eat berries as well they love they love small 263 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:18,320 animals rents specifically they have the number to eat birs I've seen that before 264 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:25,279 actually um they will eat a lot of insects I see a lot of insect Parts in 265 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:25,279 their scat I can't tell you how much 266 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:34,640 SC I love it it's fascinating yeah a lot of fruit and berries around 267 00:23:33,159 --> 00:23:41,080 here specifically I see a lot of Hol berries in the the coyote scat around SE 268 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:46,799 Island um especially during time there's not as manys out and out hanging 269 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:51,039 out they can take down smaller deer and Bs and resources are scarce as well I 270 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:57,840 know there's been a general decline in South Carolina of deer um parly due to 271 00:23:54,240 --> 00:24:04,080 coyotes among other factors um but it so far it tend to be uh that kyes don't 272 00:24:00,919 --> 00:24:07,919 usually hunt deer in the P mall or on island settings when there's plenty of 273 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:15,240 other resources that's the research so far um they could also eat garbage uh 274 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:20,480 composts pet food and pets as well and that's why it's so important um to to 275 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:26,679 make sure that that all of those things are not left out and unattended 276 00:24:23,039 --> 00:24:31,320 especially those EV but pretty much if if something is attractive to your pet 277 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:37,039 or let's say if something's attracted to a squirrel in your yard it's most likely 278 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:42,640 going to be attractive to a coyote as well if there's something that looks 279 00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:48,200 edible and smaller than the coyote and is meat or bar then the coyote might 280 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:53,120 find its way there because that is an attractive space for it and so we do 281 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:57,559 everything we can to to make sure that that the space is cleared of any garbage 282 00:24:55,399 --> 00:25:00,320 compost pet food um and of course domestic animal 283 00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:02,799 all 284 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:15,120 right this slide a load of crap I said that one last year too 285 00:25:10,679 --> 00:25:23,679 I um this right here um is a little bit of a poop study I did in 2019 over the 286 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:28,919 course of a few months from May to I so I actually collected scat from coyotes 287 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:33,360 on theis island and kind of lined them up after the end of the summer and kind 288 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:37,080 of you can see the the types of things that these C were eating um just across 289 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:41,039 these few months just across the summertime obviously this Chang is even 290 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:46,960 more tremendously uh throughout the year full season so a lot more more berries 291 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:53,000 and insect Parts maybe during the during the May months and then you start seeing 292 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:56,520 a lot more animals bur mamal bur in June um and then by the time you get to 293 00:25:54,320 --> 00:26:02,000 August a lot more berries start showing up Muses that's where 294 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:06,799 uh so their their dietary habits change throughout the year based on what is 295 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:12,720 most available to them I mentioned that they were once 296 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:15,840 called song dogs by by nalo in nalo language that's because they have a 297 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:21,159 dozen different vocalizations that they are able to 298 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:25,360 elicit and um the two most common that you're probably going to hear around 299 00:26:23,159 --> 00:26:31,240 here on C Island you might have heard them over the past few nights I know I 300 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:35,600 did um would be a lone how so the lone how would just be um you if you're a 301 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:43,240 solitary sounds like a dog how it's a coyote how and it will be announcing its 302 00:26:38,799 --> 00:26:47,039 location to the V pack MERS often times there is a response whenever there's a 303 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:51,720 long how so whenever you hear one coyote how you might hear another coyote how 304 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:57,480 shortly after either far off maybe across you know to another island or on 305 00:26:55,440 --> 00:27:04,799 the so that's something that you can hear um this is the wild the group Yip 306 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:10,960 out is what it's called Uh this is what I heard a little bit of last night 307 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:14,200 actually uh the group Yow is um I once heard it described this way so I'm going 308 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:19,799 to describe it to yall this way as well but a cacophony of Yips screams barks 309 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:24,440 and yels that's pretty much a really good 310 00:27:22,399 --> 00:27:30,320 it's a it's a cater Walling it's a that's a really good way to describe it 311 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:35,640 I think um you hear this T like it sounds like tons of coyotes have once 312 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:39,679 just kind of screeching really uh yeling who's heard that heard 313 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:44,320 that yeah they will be establishing their 314 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:49,600 territory by doing that creating what's called an auditory evence letting 315 00:27:46,399 --> 00:27:54,600 letting outside um competitors know that that's their face um it's also thought 316 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:58,840 that perhaps they're communicating with a pack before and after a hunt whenever 317 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:04,159 they're doing this groupy of house um one one thought of is just simply 318 00:28:02,159 --> 00:28:11,600 pack bonding and they just do it to do it like celebration I 319 00:28:06,679 --> 00:28:16,000 don't but what is known as the B effect is what you will this will often be 320 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:21,399 described um and this is a very important thing to take away from from 321 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:27,159 coyote sounds B translates to few as many so only three coyotes four coyotes 322 00:28:25,039 --> 00:28:32,760 can make themselves sound like 20 coyotes uh often times it will sound 323 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:39,600 like you were hearing just an absolute mob of 20 to 100 coyotes and it might 324 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:45,720 just be five of them new and so that is that is what the group if how is um they 325 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:51,880 are purposely creating a lot of different noises all at once um across 326 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,880 the space and doing 327 00:28:52,600 --> 00:29:00,840 that so a very important thing to think about especially now is the relationship 328 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:03,760 ship between coyotes and sea turtles and before 10 years ago maybe that was 329 00:29:02,519 --> 00:29:07,480 something we never thought we would even have to think about was the relationship 330 00:29:05,679 --> 00:29:12,240 between kyes and sea turtles that that is something um that we need to think 331 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:19,039 about now and already are thinking about going forward um coyotes are in fact one 332 00:29:16,039 --> 00:29:25,320 of the many many predators of Waterhead sea turle Nest it is hard to be a baby 333 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:32,399 sea turtle there everything is out to get a baby sea turtle always has been um 334 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:38,840 so yes coyotes are becoming one of the the more common predators that we see uh 335 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:45,640 on SE Island on island on on you Island all these islands in the general area um 336 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:49,880 and yeah that's kind of the reason one of the many reasons modhe heads are 337 00:29:47,679 --> 00:29:54,640 adapted to laying so many eggs in general as I said everything's out get 338 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:58,640 of ABC Turtle it tends to be the only one in a th two one in 10,000 it's kind 339 00:29:57,279 --> 00:30:04,519 of a range of of young waterheads will make it to 340 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:07,880 adult and be able to have their own nest so yeah is one of 341 00:30:09,799 --> 00:30:17,799 those as ours and you know fire and fish and birds and everything 342 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:29,240 else so here's some statistics U from both K Island and sebr Island um between 343 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:33,360 2012 and 2014 coyotes approximately 3% of the eggs late on not that many 344 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:39,480 between 2015 and 2022 depredation that's just another 345 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:45,679 work for pration um this pretty much went away for a little while and then in 346 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:51,880 2023 they around 7.6% of the eggs laid on kioa and then in 2024 they ate around 347 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:57,639 11% of the eggs laid on kioa so a little bit of a stri there um one of the 348 00:30:54,960 --> 00:31:04,320 reasons for this is because uh it is thought that the kyotes turtle eggs is a 349 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:09,039 learned trait um so basically something that they opportunistically whenever I 350 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:15,080 say opportunistic it means they find the opportunity to they realize oh these egg 351 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:18,399 no good let's try they try oh this is pretty good let me teach this to my 352 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:22,960 young often times you'll see a little bit of of a stall after that first like 353 00:31:21,519 --> 00:31:25,960 predation and then a few years later you'll start to see that a little 354 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:31,760 bit that's that's normal that's what can see um just a little tidbit uh this is 355 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:37,200 just more of a a clap to everyone who helps out with with the sea turtles um 356 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:40,679 prior to development of human Aid 95% of of lhe sea terminals were prated by 357 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:47,799 animals 95% of the eggs were prated before human 358 00:31:44,679 --> 00:31:55,000 health human age so that's just Team all these other te doing such 359 00:31:51,559 --> 00:32:00,760 a great job increasing that number um I'm going to jump down for a 360 00:31:57,399 --> 00:32:08,519 second Brook Island um we did see more iot impacted uh numbers this year than 361 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:15,039 last year so 2023 Ked 10% of the 40 nests only fully 81 nest and then 362 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:24,000 partially 83 in 2024 that's past summer they affected 24% of the 57 Nest so four 363 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:30,960 were fully um used as as food and then 10 parti so that number did kind of 364 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:35,200 increase really 2023 was the major spike in coyotes impacting our EGS and so this 365 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:42,360 is another example of that learn Behavior I learn in 2023 so natur you're 366 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:47,880 going to see a spike in 2024 as well um some some silver lining here some good 367 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:53,960 news is when Nest are screen when a screen or a cage is put over a lad SE 368 00:32:50,760 --> 00:33:02,600 tur Nest it is shown to be 100% nearly 100% you never say 100% but nearly % 369 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:09,200 effective at stopping coyotes once in this cage and Screen the coyot screens 370 00:33:04,679 --> 00:33:09,200 the coyotes will not enter 371 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:20,480 that and here's a little example of this back in 2019 on theis island so um 372 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:26,240 once's right up here these are taking just a couple of days apart June 16th 373 00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:33,840 and June 19th um on the left what you see is what we call a wild nest in the 374 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:38,000 world it is a nest that was undiscovered by people a couple nights before for 375 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:42,840 whatever reason maybe the tide was high and walked away to tracks this or that 376 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:49,240 that that Nest was not found and not caged um that coyote got to that Nest 377 00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:54,760 the same I you see picture here on the right side is the same coyote um a few 378 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:59,799 days later and we saw we actually had several things of footage of this coyote 379 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:04,240 visiting this cage Nest uh and walking all around it but never tampering with 380 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:10,159 it there was never anything um that impacted that nest and the majority of 381 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:16,280 those those TR did hatch so that's just a little example of the cage Nest versus 382 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:21,399 versus the wild Nest how once they C is affective that prevents from eating 383 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:28,720 those eggs one question I hear all the time is 384 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:33,960 rabies in coyotes and so um yes rabies can happen in coyotes although the 385 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:38,560 incidence is extremely low um the primary carriers of rabies in South 386 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:41,800 Carolina are raccoons skunks foxes and Maxs and that is reported by the 387 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:46,520 Department of Public Health of South Carolina so the CDC I know we're going 388 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:51,000 back several years back in 2010 I can't remember how many years ago that was but 389 00:34:48,359 --> 00:35:00,440 back in 2010 the CDC reported 10 cases of rabes in coyotes Nationwide um and 390 00:34:55,200 --> 00:35:06,359 over 2,000 rabid Rec over 1,400 rabid BS so as you can see just relatively 391 00:35:02,599 --> 00:35:11,960 speaking H are not as as much not as often carriers of Ries there was one 392 00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:17,920 confirmed C case in South Carolina in 2023 I believe that was the Lexington 393 00:35:14,359 --> 00:35:24,240 County um and then one confirmed coyote rabies case in 2024 and that was in 394 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:28,240 Charleston County in M pleas not2 395 00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:44,160 atanta coyote project is one of those and that is um something started by a 396 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:49,520 scientist at Barry College I went to bar College was actually one of my college 397 00:35:45,839 --> 00:35:56,880 mentors Chris Mau he co-founded this this this project um and basically what 398 00:35:53,119 --> 00:36:01,480 they do is is look at at Urban coyotes but they also look beyond that is 399 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:06,240 Suburban coyotes and Island coyotes and have extended their research quite a bit 400 00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:13,119 and their Monro a little bit prevention before the problem so trying to make 401 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:18,720 sure that any given space um if cyes entered that territory um we're it's 402 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:23,400 going to have the least impact proxity so that's the idea um throwing away all 403 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:28,720 those those food items that are attracted to the coyotes um hazing 404 00:36:26,319 --> 00:36:33,800 coyotes that is something that that uh you might not know but it's a good idea 405 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:38,760 that ha coyotes it is perfectly okay to yell at a coyote it is perfectly okay to 406 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:43,040 wave your arms at a coyote it is not going to think of that as a gret it's 407 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:49,160 going to be scared of that uh you can throw stones and rocks at a coyote to to 408 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:53,680 scare it off and to tell it hey this SP is not attractive to you don't go back 409 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:59,520 that is that is hazing the general that is the general idea of that it is 410 00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:59,520 perfectly okay to Haze 411 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:07,000 you might not want to do quite the same thing certain other Predators like 412 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:12,240 allat but yes with Coy that is what you want to do um and yeah idea of the ATL 413 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:17,760 KY project is passive management preventing the conflict before it even 414 00:37:14,359 --> 00:37:22,480 develops um creating education and understanding and at the same time 415 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:29,079 recognizing that um people are highest priority and safety is always highest 416 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:29,079 priority when it comes down to it 417 00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:39,720 is presented by a few um School of thoughts as well as the Atlanta coyote 418 00:37:38,079 --> 00:37:44,560 projects and what they label as the killing problem um but the thought is 419 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:50,760 that because coyotes are compensatory breeders which means that they they 420 00:37:48,359 --> 00:37:55,960 basically do better at having babies when problems arise that's kind of what 421 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:59,720 convin to word reading means um just kind of demonstrates that removal 422 00:37:57,599 --> 00:38:03,680 killing could be temporary again still a lot of research 423 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:08,560 happening on barrier islands and how they react on Barrier Islands um but 424 00:38:06,839 --> 00:38:13,040 because the KY were here in the first place they probably found this base 425 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:17,280 attractive and if you eliminate the ones that are here it might be a shortterm 426 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:21,599 solution um but they'll probably come back other on will probably come back 427 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:25,319 because they've gone everywhere and this place is one of those attractive spots 428 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:31,560 for so they probably wouldn't return um there's another idea as well 429 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:36,440 that if if coyes are removed certain Coy is removed there might be more food and 430 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:42,640 resources for females produce even more offspring a transient coyote might come 431 00:38:38,599 --> 00:38:48,319 in and Mi with the the available pack member or MERS and have more pups um 432 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:51,480 yeah all these ideas have been floating around a way as 433 00:38:51,880 --> 00:39:00,440 well and then just looking at some local Barrier Islands then also our old 434 00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:05,079 barrier here as well uh Gua has enacted a passive management practice uh they' 435 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:10,839 started total metal screeing of all SE tur nest in 2023 continued that through 436 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:15,319 2024 um you saw that we still sealed spike in internal fation in 2024 but 437 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:22,520 there were also more Nest um and then a good reporting 438 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:27,880 mechanism they report all SS of Island Wildlife team the island does something 439 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:33,359 very similar passive management uh same stuff with sea Turles screening 440 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:38,440 all sea turle nests um and then a lot of scientific study has begun on on theise 441 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:42,839 as well um this is something I tried to do was never able to collect any fur of 442 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:48,079 a coyote but they're trying to collect fur samples and then be able to 443 00:39:45,839 --> 00:39:51,800 genetically analyze the F samples of many coyotes and see what the 444 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:56,680 relationships are have a better idea of that sometimes you can see that with the 445 00:39:53,400 --> 00:40:01,890 behavior anyway it's helpful lot camera analysis um a lot of and they're able to 446 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:11,319 report side to the Conservancy as [Music] 447 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:17,800 well so to recap um iods are are still very recently here uh this is a new and 448 00:40:15,359 --> 00:40:23,920 and developing issue right now that we are working on passively managing so 449 00:40:21,359 --> 00:40:29,960 some additional resources that you can look at include the project website 450 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:37,839 uh coyote biology control in South Carolina PR by the SCB andr the project 451 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:41,960 coyote website we do have a 2024 SE management plan uh as well that can be 452 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:46,920 found online I'll show you the link to that I know that link is also on a 453 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:51,040 little pan we hand out at the end here um but the question is really to 454 00:40:48,599 --> 00:40:55,920 consider having all this information they about all these things is where do 455 00:40:53,319 --> 00:41:01,520 the issues begin what is the start of the issue is it something that was left 456 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:07,760 out is it not having your pets leashed is it this or that um are those issues 457 00:41:04,839 --> 00:41:12,520 resolvable and preventable and then at what point is there danger and that is 458 00:41:10,359 --> 00:41:17,839 always highest priority at what point is there danger or need to 459 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:21,880 control so that's important to think about believe we got a video 460 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:29,240 here was January of last year I'll again 461 00:41:33,079 --> 00:41:37,079 on Cal property last 462 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:44,760 year just a few like questions you might be asking right now how do I prevent 463 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:50,560 coyote conflict right now here's some specifics and these are also ones that 464 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:56,800 are also presented by C Island secure garbage bins secure compost PS clean 465 00:41:54,079 --> 00:42:01,599 grills after use avoid keeping food waste food and water HS outside 466 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:07,160 controlling small manal being around bird feeders supervising your pets 467 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:13,160 supervising and and leashing pets on walks especially at night time not 468 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:19,160 leaving any pets outside at night um and generally just like hazing teaching 469 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:24,800 kindies to avoid people uh and what all these kind of come together to say is 470 00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:32,280 make sure your space is unattracted to CES make sure there's nothing there that 471 00:42:27,599 --> 00:42:32,280 AAL song would enjoy if it 472 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:44,359 to and then what do I do when I see a coyote well stay calm don't panic um 473 00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:49,160 coyotes are very rarely thre right at the onset uh they're very very timid 474 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:55,119 creatures they're very likely much more scared of you U some really weird is 475 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:59,359 going on now if if they get too close for comfort uh that is whenever you 476 00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:05,040 should start hazing them to make them feel unwelcome make loud noises throw 477 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:10,359 things at wave your hands uh attack on a bet while rare is of course you'll see 478 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:15,880 you see it in the news all the time um so yeah we just need to make sure we're 479 00:43:13,079 --> 00:43:21,280 not feeding or habituating coyotes uh make sure you're never leaving your pets 480 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:25,720 unattended um offleash pets actually are often times the instigators that you see 481 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:31,960 in a lot of those stories so an off each pet might might want to attack a kyote 482 00:43:29,599 --> 00:43:38,599 play with the kyot the kyot does not see that as playing and so then it becomes 483 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:44,200 um tough so yeah just lack of any other resources there is what usually causes 484 00:43:42,359 --> 00:43:50,319 to to do that and then an 485 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:56,680 attack on a human is extremely 486 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:56,680 virtually pretty much never happens 487 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:06,520 was about a year ago 488 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:27,760 today management plan 2024 um tells you that if you do see a coyote or have a 489 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:32,200 coyote incident um you should contact the gay house and then there is an 490 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:36,240 online portal to report your wild signings that is that is for more than 491 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:41,280 coyotes that is for any wild you see on sebr island uh this the link is right 492 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:47,480 here um you'll see it on the sheet in the back as well um but it is very 493 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:52,079 important actually very helpful um for for a wide variety of individuals to 494 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:58,760 report those sightings this is very helpful for those looking in the or any 495 00:44:55,280 --> 00:45:03,280 other so their behavior if there was some sort of incidence to happen to be 496 00:45:00,559 --> 00:45:09,359 able to pinpoint that back to a spot that thees might be hanging 497 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:14,040 out citizen science is awesome helps identify hot spots increases education 498 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:18,520 and then just any investigation that would need to come 499 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:24,359 about then there's also a new and ads sheet the link is also on the 500 00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:28,760 sheet so whenever you go to that link for w by side you'll see that that top 501 00:45:26,599 --> 00:45:33,720 left module at first you click those binoculars and then you actually can 502 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:38,839 kind of put your information um when you saw the S you'll 503 00:45:36,599 --> 00:45:43,960 see pretty much all the sightings that have been reported around C Island right 504 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:47,960 here different Animal Icons that are are related to different animals um make 505 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:53,319 sure you are putting that animal in the right dot when you do that because I'm 506 00:45:49,559 --> 00:45:53,319 not saying there was a coyote wasn't 507 00:45:53,480 --> 00:46:01,760 a I doubt it and so maybe that was to be somewhere over here just make sure 508 00:45:59,359 --> 00:46:07,000 you're you're placing that in the right spot as well so we can have the clear 509 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:10,960 St possible to know what's going on and then you're able to this is kind 510 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:17,160 of how it shows up you're able to cck anybody else's wild VI side see the 511 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:23,960 information and also post um photos related to 512 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:23,960 it this is great this is great see 513 00:46:27,900 --> 00:46:32,599 [Music] over to J 514 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:49,160 coulees really great resource having naturalists having staff really close by 515 00:46:47,119 --> 00:46:53,680 for you that you have have someone you can kind of reach out to you know I'm 516 00:46:51,559 --> 00:46:58,960 I'm coming from the state's perspective so a lot of what we do we do education 517 00:46:56,119 --> 00:47:04,359 but we also have kind of regulatory arm where we permit certain activities that 518 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:09,000 are not normally allowed um one of those is tring outside of seasons and that 519 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:14,280 kind of that kind of thing and we've always been very receptive to whatever a 520 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:17,200 community wants to do you know within reasion of course there's some things 521 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:22,640 that you're not going to be allowed to do but as far as as trying to to deal 522 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:27,079 with removal when it becomes a problem that the community has deemed it big 523 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:32,000 enough that hey I want to do something different you know we will work with the 524 00:47:29,839 --> 00:47:35,920 communities work with seab Brook you know whether that's that's the permits 525 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:41,599 you know there's there's actually exemption in the law under 5011 2570 526 00:47:39,119 --> 00:47:47,359 that allows every property owner every homeowner to essentially control or trap 527 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:51,440 or shoot depending on where you live if you can discharge farm that you may not 528 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:55,640 be able to do here within 100 yard of your house so long as you're selling 529 00:47:52,839 --> 00:47:59,880 your property anything outside of that or something the community wants to do 530 00:47:57,720 --> 00:48:04,480 CommunityWide we can certainly issue permits there's no cost for that um and 531 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:11,440 we will certainly work with Community to do so um and that's a community type 532 00:48:07,839 --> 00:48:16,160 decision what what constitutes Behavior that's that's to the point that hey we 533 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:20,640 need to do something different um you know some communities try to think that 534 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:25,920 they completely eradicate time from a property and while it might be a little 535 00:48:23,079 --> 00:48:29,559 easier on a Barrier Island it's it's going to be a long and continuous fight 536 00:48:28,319 --> 00:48:33,520 and that's still never going to guarantee that nobody's ever going to 537 00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:37,640 have any kind of negative interaction A Pet's not going to get attacked or or 538 00:48:35,599 --> 00:48:42,599 something is going to happen and sometimes that LS people into a false 539 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:47,839 sense of security um again if that's the route they want take all well and good 540 00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:51,880 we we will work with you to try to do so it will tend to be very expensive but 541 00:48:49,559 --> 00:48:57,240 because you have to be constantly tra um you know some great information 542 00:48:54,920 --> 00:49:03,599 that y'all heard tonight um um and and it is it's such a good 543 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:09,200 resource to have such such knowledge close by I'm in columia I I come and 544 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:13,559 talk you anytime you want but you know I can't do cor control you know it's a two 545 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:17,680 and a half hour drive and I got the lovely uh trip through Charleston and 546 00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:22,160 brush hour traffic um but you know anybody who goes 547 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:27,480 tra you have to check the traps every day um that's why that that kind of 548 00:49:25,359 --> 00:49:31,480 service has essentially been prizz there's product companies that do that 549 00:49:29,240 --> 00:49:37,920 kind of work um and we have directories of them but you know in most cases the 550 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:41,799 successful type programs are the ones that do exactly what you're looking at 551 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:47,040 doing it's monitoring your problem what's going on in community are there 552 00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:50,799 exhibiting behaviors that rise to the point where hey we've got to do 553 00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:56,079 something about this and and I was really not really glad to see the the 554 00:49:53,599 --> 00:50:00,280 rgis mapping that y'all have now so y'all can now 555 00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:05,119 accurately identify where problem spots might show up and so that's really a 556 00:50:03,359 --> 00:50:11,000 kind of good thing get the community involved as well um but again the 557 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:17,319 department will work with the community however it wants to to proceed on any of 558 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:21,440 all this stuff and and again anybody's welcome to reach out to me the community 559 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:28,640 obviously has and we will certainly try to work with with with cook and and 560 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:28,640 whatever they want to do here 561 00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:50,000 if you can be heard from where you are you don't have to come up otherwise it'd 562 00:50:47,559 --> 00:50:55,599 be nice if you walk up and ask your question 563 00:50:52,240 --> 00:51:00,920 Vol probably could be heard um what do we know about the to be high 564 00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:10,200 population my question was what do we know about the interactions between 565 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:16,160 coyote populations and VOD cat populations um I will say just 566 00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:20,920 experientially what I've seen by camera or what I've seen in person is that they 567 00:51:18,079 --> 00:51:26,839 are living together in this environment um as apex predators so we have them 568 00:51:23,799 --> 00:51:30,960 both and they're not really necessarily L affecting one another at 569 00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:36,960 all J you see you know no I would kind of 570 00:51:34,240 --> 00:51:41,520 agree with that yeah they coexist in in the same place um given the proper 571 00:51:39,839 --> 00:51:47,200 opportunity certainly they'll cred especially young um but but it's one of 572 00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:53,520 those things you will have fs and bobcats in the same same area there will 573 00:51:50,720 --> 00:52:00,960 be some predation just like any other opportun thing might come along so does 574 00:51:56,920 --> 00:52:07,559 K have numbers considering their expensive OB studies with the 575 00:52:04,839 --> 00:52:13,599 new and coyotes I'm sure they do I don't have 576 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:17,400 those stats available right now but I'm sure um you know they keep a lot of 577 00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:21,640 really good records good stats they've been reporting Wild by sightings for for 578 00:52:19,119 --> 00:52:27,240 several years as well I bet they have those numbers and anything that's been 579 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:31,280 rising and they grabb the top G and were on their NE are 580 00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:40,599 they I know Jim Jordan the guy over at Kwa you know they've been doing B cap 581 00:52:38,839 --> 00:52:45,599 work for a long time actually one of the longest if not the longest ongoing GPS 582 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:51,280 bcast studium that that I I've ever heard of uh and I think they've actually 583 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:55,200 put some colge on Coes over the years I don't know currently what they're doing 584 00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:58,440 as far as that their big concerned right now is renti sdes 585 00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:12,400 can they swim to the so you know can they is an 586 00:53:09,839 --> 00:53:17,359 interesting question they probably could they have at least not that I've noticed 587 00:53:15,119 --> 00:53:22,119 not that DNR has noticed that would probably be one of 588 00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,119 those things that 589 00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:31,599 just to to do that would would take a real strong reason to go out there and 590 00:53:29,319 --> 00:53:35,359 they have a lot of resources on seabook on in the area they 591 00:53:36,119 --> 00:53:44,440 turkeys I haven't seen that you know like you say they're not great catching 592 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:47,440 birds but given the proper opportunity certainly they they 593 00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:56,160 could they got a my camera I've seen that I a picture of it 594 00:54:01,799 --> 00:54:14,359 somewhere there you said that that U they attack people how uncommon is it I 595 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:21,680 mean how many times has it i' I've been in my position since roughly 1999 I 596 00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:26,799 think I maybe know a five at least in South Carolina they did they kill the 597 00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:32,960 people no no there's only been done deaths since 70s since really anybody's 598 00:54:29,319 --> 00:54:40,079 been keeping track uh one was in early 1980s it was a young child in California 599 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:44,640 and five or six years ago um a young hiker in Canada was K I was going to say 600 00:54:42,599 --> 00:54:50,760 how about the best of children just one just one one and when 601 00:54:48,559 --> 00:54:56,599 you look at that in relation to the roughly 40 something 602 00:54:53,000 --> 00:55:00,359 dogs dog related deaths to people every year it it kind of puts a little bit in 603 00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:07,680 for fact it's it's really rare fatalities 604 00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:07,680 are almost unheard of attacks are really 605 00:55:12,079 --> 00:55:21,680 rare you know any they're glorified dogs and they're very highly scent related 606 00:55:20,119 --> 00:55:25,079 just like if you walk your dog down the street if face if there's droppings on 607 00:55:23,839 --> 00:55:33,039 the ground they're probably going to smell they will do the same just like 608 00:55:28,799 --> 00:55:39,720 they a lot of things and so is it it's not a grow from 200 yards but if they go 609 00:55:36,359 --> 00:55:39,720 by it they will certainly probably 610 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:49,720 investigate can coyotes be useful in controlling the deer population on 611 00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:54,599 seabook and and otherwise which otherwise has to be cold or sh every 612 00:55:52,640 --> 00:56:00,440 well you know there's actually been some studies here at Savannah Riv Dr John 613 00:55:56,839 --> 00:56:05,440 kilgo with the US far service um and and there's some fairly heavy Pham predation 614 00:56:03,599 --> 00:56:10,359 once pham's get till about two months of age they kind of do okay but up until 615 00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:14,520 that time they can be extremely vulnerable to chiro cred just it may 616 00:56:13,039 --> 00:56:16,720 depend on how many you have actually on the 617 00:56:16,799 --> 00:56:26,920 island I would say so far they probably not well overpopulated with be lots of 618 00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:29,160 other resources and so far BR there's been 619 00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:40,599 no coyot territorial like wolves coyote packs yes they are territorial um you 620 00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:47,079 know usually don't see two packs sharing the same area same location um that's 621 00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:51,680 part of that that B that I was talking about there kind of establishing a fence 622 00:56:49,359 --> 00:56:57,640 a little bit do we have any at this point any 623 00:56:54,720 --> 00:57:04,680 data to tell us give us a suggestion of what the actual numbers are here on sebr 624 00:57:01,119 --> 00:57:08,920 um given their range and as you said earlier you may think that there are 625 00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:13,039 many more than there actually are because of the range do we have any 626 00:57:10,839 --> 00:57:17,160 sense of numbers in this point assumptions and I think it changes 627 00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:22,599 throughout the year depending on how many PS are born depending on how many 628 00:57:18,799 --> 00:57:28,440 leave how many pass they come in um hard to say hard to say how many there are um 629 00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:32,000 I think you know I heard five you know I'm kind of of the the nature that if 630 00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:37,119 you've seen five at once that's probably the number but if there's more you know 631 00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:42,520 somebody see more than five at once then perhaps that's the 632 00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:47,599 number last year Steve mentioned that he had seven of them come through his yard 633 00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:50,480 okay so Steve saw seven last year Steve different Steve okay 634 00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:59,599 yeah a lot of we don't have specific 635 00:58:03,559 --> 00:58:12,280 information Nest Den something Den 636 00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:17,079 yes it can look different depending on the environment um it can be you know 637 00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:24,480 located in the maritime Forest it can be in kind of against the Doom um what you 638 00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:29,799 say J well I know uh Jim Jordan one of the first ones they found on K I think 639 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:34,319 was where a tree had fallen over and the root ball had come up and they were kind 640 00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:39,799 of tucked up under that um yeah and this kind of thing it may 641 00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:44,880 just be just a Brushy a it may be salt P piled up um you know another places they 642 00:58:42,839 --> 00:58:50,880 may have actual Den something the Fox May dug up or maybe inside of a bank or 643 00:58:48,799 --> 00:58:56,880 could be in a rock pile or brush pile somewhere D we found the den in the 644 00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:59,839 dunes I haven't seen any dens here brush something 645 00:59:01,839 --> 00:59:12,400 the Christophers have not not found one they be on Conservancy 646 00:59:09,799 --> 00:59:17,559 box they definitely pass through they utilize um roads and Open Spaces just 647 00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:22,799 like you know a lot of other animals do so yeah they could pass through a lot 648 00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:27,640 they've been seen on the roads of of C Island Road quite a bit um they been 649 00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:33,839 seen on golf courses L right outside the lake housee 650 00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:38,160 yeah I mean from that reporting screen that was up there minut ago people have 651 00:59:35,680 --> 00:59:43,920 rep them pretty much everywhere on soing through our 652 00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:43,920 backyard 653 00:59:47,119 --> 00:59:56,520 back do we have Fox on the islands well I have not seen any boxes since I've 654 00:59:54,000 --> 01:00:03,319 been here actually I know they can I used to have a lot of red boxes um 655 00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:09,000 supposedly have like have or have had gr boxes as well right now I'm not sure if 656 01:00:06,559 --> 01:00:09,000 we do or 657 01:00:10,799 --> 01:00:16,319 not I'm not seen them on the cameras yet the trail 658 01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:28,960 cameras for