Seth on Chicago tonight

• by mason_UWI scientist

  Hi all,

  Seth was on television last night talking about Chicago Wildlife Watch and urban ecology. Check it out if you would like, hopefully the video can be played internationally as well!

  Posted October 9, 2015 2:24 PM

• by DZM admin

  Watched it this morning. Posted on the Zooniverse Talk, too. Great interview!!

  Posted October 9, 2015 8:25 PM

• by WillowSkye

  Awesome video 😃 Was that a turtle in one of the still photos? What species is it? Where was the photo taken?

  Posted October 9, 2015 9:49 PM

• by mason_UWI scientist

  That is a common snapping turtle. Not all of the photos shown on the video were camera trap images (like that hermit thrush). Some were photos I personally took around Chicago.

  Posted October 9, 2015 10:37 PM

• by escholzia

  Very cool! Was there really a cougar sighted in Chicago? Was it in a CWW picture?

  Posted October 10, 2015 1:16 AM

• by ForestPreserve moderator

  Here's a video of a 2014 trailcam sighting, far "downstate", closer to St. Louis than Chicago:

  http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/cougar-sighting

  In 2013, a wildlife conservation officer shot a cougar a little closer to Chicago:

  http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-11-22/news/chi-cougar-killed-on-northeast-illinois-farm-20131121_1_cougar-conservation-officer-natural-resources

  It does make you wonder about the definition of "conservation".

  In Chicago, there was the famous Roscoe Village cougar in 2008:

  http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-04-15/news/0804140895_1_cougar-illinois-north-side

  It's been a while since there was anything new on the "lion-like animal" in Milwaukee:

  http://fox6now.com/2015/07/31/milwaukee-lion-latest-source-says-tracks-photographed-confirming-large-cat-with-retractable-claws/

  Posted October 10, 2015 8:43 PM