March 14, 2023 – Tuesday 7:00 PM – Click on the date for more logistical information.
Michelle Connally, 2018
Coyotes are highly resilient creatures able to adapt to threats and acclimate themselves in almost every environment, including cities and suburbs. As a keystone carnivore, coyotes play a critical role helping to maintain healthy ecosystems and species diversity. This presentation will look at the current challenges coyotes face in a rapidly evolving human-centric landscape. We’ll examine the coyotes’ seasonal behaviors that often influence increased sightings and dispel some of the most common myths. In conclusion, we’ll discuss proactive methods we can use to help avoid negative encounters with coyote.
About our speakers:
Especially passionate about felines and canids, Karin Saucedo dedicates her time to studying their behavior through wildlife conservation photography and remotely through camera traps. Karin serves on the Advisory Committee for Texas Native Cats and on the Board of Directors for CREA/Cocobolo Nature Reserve in Panama. Karin also works with The Canid Project as their Texas Outreach Representative, The Gulf Coast Canine Project as a field research photographer, and she’s been volunteering at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue for 12 years.
Instagram: @karinsaucedo
Learn more at karinsaucedo.com
Roberto Saucedo has a background in creative marketing and has used that ability to hone skills in his passion for telling stories though wildlife and conservation photography. For the last seven years, he has documented coyote behavior throughout north Texas through observation, photography and camera traps. Together with his wife, Karin, Roberto serves on the Advisory Committee for Texas Native Cats and CREA/Cocobolo Nature Reserve in Panama. He also volunteers at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue.
Instagram: @rbtsaucedo
Learn more at robertosaucedo.com
Karin & Roberto are both Texas Master Naturalists with the Blackland Prairie Chapter, Class of 2015.