Chapter Meeting Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Coyote Coexistence: Living in Harmony with America’s Song Dog

A lone coyote in a Dallas neighborhood

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 coyotes.

 

Speaker Name: Karin and Robert Saucedo
Speaker Bios:
Karin Saucedo is a published wildlife conservation photographer born and raised in Dallas. She’s especially passionate about wild canids and felids and she spends a lot of her time studying wildlife behavior through observation and also remotely through camera traps. Karin’s images have been used to educate the public about coexisting with urban wildlife, to document wild canid field research and to create awareness about exotic animal ownership, breeding and exploitation. Most recently she’s been published in the book to accompany the film, Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story, by Ben Masters, and also Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas Fort Worth, by Amy Martin. Karin is the Texas State Coordinator for Project Coyote and works with The Canid Project as their Texas Outreach Representative. She’s been volunteering at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue for 13 years and serves on the Advisory Committee for Texas Native Cats. She’s a Texas Master Naturalist with the Blackland Prairie Chapter and is a Partner Photographer for Panthera.
Photography Website: karinsaucedo.com
Coyote Education and Awareness: songdogwatch.org
Instagram: @karinsaucedo 
Roberto Saucedo is a life-long Texan, born and raised in El Paso and currently living in DFW. He has a background in creative marketing and has used that ability to hone skills in his passion for telling stories though wildlife & conservation photography. For the last 8 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 he also volunteers at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue.
Photography Website: robertosaucedo.com
Coyote Education and Awareness: songdogwatch.org
Instagram: @rbtsaucedo
Meeting Information:

Schedule:

  • 6:30 Camera Roll and Socializing
  • 7:00 Introduction and Announcements
  • 7:20 Featured Presentation
  • 8:45 Adjournment

Join us live at Dallas College Brookhaven Campus, Building H, Room 125. Campus map. Or participate via Zoom — register here

Zoom Linkhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YYrIG6mbRPejj9boJ9kQxg

(If you are attending in person, you don’t need to register for Zoom.)

Or join us in south Dallas at Dallas College Mountain View Campus for a watch gathering: Building S (Administrative offices), Room 1029. (Mountain View Campus map).

Note: It is best to enter the Mountain View campus from Duncanville Road; there is construction but you can park directly in front of the S building. Room 1029 is on the lower level, continue down past the administration areas and turn left once you see a Subway and go down short hallway.

Camera Roll:
As usual, show up or tune in between 6:30 and 7 pm for an array of photos by TMNs. Send your favorite photos to the Camera Roll.
Image descriptions or captions (provided for context):
Lone coyote in a Dallas neighborhood
Roberto & Karin Saucedo sitting in a field with their cameras waiting to spot a coyote at dusk.
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