Blog 5: 4/23/24

Introduction

Hi everyone! It's been an eventful week. I learned so much about coyotes and my peers' research, I'm excited to share with you all about it.

Twitter

This week, I followed:

• @CoyoteConserv: This account will be specifically useful for my research about urban coyotes since they advocate urban wildlife and human-wildlife interaction regarding coyotes. They seem to be well-known and reliable, which will help me gather reliable information for my research.

• @UrbanCoyoteIntv: This account may help with my research since they provide updated information and documentation of urban/suburban coyotes.

• @DistrictCoyotes: This account will be useful in my coyote research since they update citizens about urban coyotes and research human-coyote interaction.

I retweeted:

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• One of my peer's posts about the influence of urbanization on fox populations. I found this incredibly sad, since I realized how big of an impact making human lives better has on worsening the lives of animals.

  • I responded to this in a remorseful way. I find it so sad that humans are so selfish sometimes, and even though a population of animals may have been thriving on the land way before us humans, we continue to bulldoze our way into their lives. It really shows how little mercy humans have for animals.

• A peer's tweet about coyotes' reproductive habits. I found this useful information for my research, since I am also researching coyotes. I did not know that coyotes could adjust their breeding cycles, they are such versatile creatures, being able to adapt to urban life too!

  • I responded to this in an amazed way. I thought it would be interesting to compare human mothers to coyote mothers, comparing and contrasting their biological cycles and mothering habits.

• My peer's post about red foxes' leaping behavior called "mousing." I found this adorable, and have noticed a lot of cartoons portray foxes exhibiting this movement!

  • I responded to this in an admiring way. I thought it was pretty funny that I only thought foxes pounced like this in cartoons or images that portrayed ideas of foxes. I have never really seen a fox before, so I only have the cartoonish image of them in my head. Go check out this post!

I tweeted about:

The main idea I tweeted about was the phenomena that coyotes are largely affected by stress due to their urban lifestyles, specifically impacting pack leaders and loners. Research was done that measured cortisol levels in these coyotes, which indicates stress. Read about it here!

Blog Responses:

This week, I had the opportunity to read some of my classmates' blogs and view their progress alongside mine. Here are some highlights from some blogs I read:

• Ava's Blog: First, I love the formatting of Ava's blog site. I find it very visually appealing and it was easy to locate the information I wanted to read. I read their blog regarding a documentary we watched last week, "Bird Brain." Although I watched the same movie, something new I learned was that crows can remember alliances and friendships! Click here to check out Ava's page!

• Giselle's Blog: I also was struck by a beautiful blog page! I love the pink color they chose for the theme (my favorite color). Again, from Giselle's "Bird Brain" blog I learned that geese fly in a specific formation in the air to help each other get an extra lift of air. I found this interesting because I thought geese simply flew that way to stay in a flock! Click here to check out Giselle's page!

• Vinay's Blog: I loved the minimalistic aesthetic of Vinay's blog, I found it very easy to read the content. Also about "Bird Brain," something new I learned from Vinay's blog is that birds are able to comfort one another, showing how effective their communication is! Click here to check out their page!

Overall, from my peers' blogs I learned that birds, despite their tiny figure, have complex societies, relationships, and emotions—maybe some of us need to learn effective communication from birds!

Conclusion

I had so much fun reading all of the research and insights my classmates provided! I look forward to keeping up with them and giving back my own research and insights. Until next time, farewell!