Intro to Animal Tracking Webinar This is a 40 min introduction to animal tracking presentation I’ve given many times. Ventura Tracker Certification On November 7 & 8, I conducted a Track and Sign Certification for the Ventura San Diego CA Specialist Certification Bob Ollerton hosted a Track and Sign Specialist Certification in San Diego County on November 11-12, Santa Barbara Tracker Certification On November 14 & 15, I conducted a Track and Sign Certification in Santa Barbara South TX Specialist Certification Dave Scott with the Earth Native Wilderness School hosted a Track and Sign Specialist Certification Although a reported sighting can be very compelling, we must gather hard evidence before we can say, Yes, we have a confirmed mountain lion sighting. Service Description: Because mountain lions are reclusive animals, its hard to know exactly when and where they may be present. The system then creates a complex algorithm that is best able to identify each individual.Ĭentral TX Track & Sign Certification The Earth Native Wilderness School organized a Track and Sign Certification around Bastrop, Texas from May 22-23, 2021.ĬyberTracker North America invites you to the North American Wildlife Tracker Conference, taking place online View Footprint In: ArcGIS Online map viewer.
Distinguishing features of a mountain lion track are its roundness, the shape of the planter pad (main foot pad) and asymmetry of both the foot and the individual toes. While many similar efforts have happened in the past, this one is by far the most promising. FIT uses measurements taken from photos of 10-20 left-hind footprints from multiple known individuals in order to “learn” the variation within each individual and between different individuals and to create a reference database. Cougar tracks are often confused with wolf tracks. You can read more about the mountain lion project here.įIT could allow researchers to study mountain lions and estimate populations without having to use costly and invasive methods. The Footprint Identification Technology (FIT) they developed is an incredible method for accurately identifying individual animals from photos of their tracks and has already been used with tapirs, cheetahs, tigers, polar bears, hyenas and more. I have been working for several years now with Zoe Jewell and Sky Alibhai from WildTrack on a system for identifying individual mountain lions from their tracks. See the protocol: WildTrack Cougar Protocol A large male left this footprint at Pine. I need your help to gather photos of left-hind mountain lion tracks for a research project. Cougar, puma, mountain lion, panther, catamount are all names for the same North American cat (Felis concolor).
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