Wildlife Atlanta

Today is national raccoon day! Due to their adaptive behavior and diet, raccoons are able to thrive in urban areas like Atlanta. Here are some pictures that we’ve caught of raccoons on our trail cameras!

It’s the first week of fall! For a lot of wildlife, fall is when activity increases. Birds and butterflies begin to migrate, squirrels and chipmunks start storing food in preparation for winter, and deer begin their mating season. All of these reasons make fall a great season for wildlife watching!

Every year, millions of birds pass over Georgia as they start their journey south for the winter, and mid-September is when there is a peak in flyovers. During migration, millions of birds die from building collisions because of the disorienting lights. Turning lights off at night and participating in Lights Out Georgia is a way to prevent this.

This upcoming weekend is the beginning of deer season in Georgia! Starting on the 14th, archery hunting is allowed in all counties, including Cobb, Clayton, Dekalb and Fulton. During the 2023-2024 season, only 1% of all deer harvested in Georgia were from these counties! Hunting deer in urban areas is a great way to reduce human-deer conflicts. For more information, please visit https://georgiawildlife.com/deer-info

Not only did our intern, Dana, receive the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) fall research award, she ALSO received the CURO conference participation grant! These awards grant students the opportunity to participate in faculty-mentored research and then present it at a conference.

We are very proud of Dana and can’t wait to see how her research comes along! Enjoy some fun photos of her doing her research.

Happy International Dog day! These furry friends help our researchers in a lot of ways, from being there after a long day of field work to providing them with some much needed stress relief when the job gets tough.

Thank you Francisco for joining our team this summer and being a great intern!

“I really enjoyed learning how to set up trail cameras and ARUs during my internship. It was amazing to see firsthand the diversity of animals that reside so close to us while identifying the camera pictures.”

Go check out our YouTube to see our Atlanta trail camera videos and more camera collar footage! Link: https://www.youtube.com/

Go check out this article by AJC that highlights our research!

Beware: Atlanta’s coyotes are lurking just out of sight, study shows University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has partnered with Wildlife Atlanta to research and track coyotes in metro-Atlanta.

Thank you to the Billings Gazette for making this amazing artwork showcasing the camera collared coyotes! Go check out this article to read more about the Atlanta collared coyotes!

Coyote cameras help Georgia researchers Fifty coyotes were fitted with collars to track their movements, while others were filmed and photographed with remote cameras.

Thank you to Jim for being one of our interns this summer! During his time with us, his favorite activity was being out in the field.

“I loved getting to see real world applications of techniques I learned in school, like when we used telemetry to find dropped GPS collars.”

Click the link to read more about our urban coyote research!

Coyotes are everywhere. Should you be concerned? Coyotes don't pose a big threat. Monitoring pets' outdoor time, keeping cats inside and securing your trash can help keep your family safe.