David Wyatt

David Wyatt

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento City College Department of Biological Sciences

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Published on Mar 07, 2025

https://www.reportringtails.com

Hi Everyone!I wanted to draw your attention to this website (https://www.reportringtails.com). It's to report ringtail sightings but also to provide a bunch of great information about ringtails. Ta...

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Published on Mar 07, 2025

Ringtail Bling from the CRP!

Reportringtails.com and the California Ringtail Project is now sporting some t-shirts on Bonfire!! The campaign ends in two weeks (on March 22nd) so if you are interested in sporting a T-Shirt with...

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Published on Mar 07, 2025

Latest Distribution Map...

Hi Folks!Attached is the latest distribution map (as of March 5th) that has been compiled by Kristyn Schulte (this is a different database than what is shown in the iNaturalist mapping). The differ...

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Published on Feb 20, 2025

Wildlife Camera Videos...

Here are some wildlife camera videos of ringtails...The first one is of an adult and two youngsters:Here is another video of the adult and two youngsters...A Gray Fox visits the same tree in a late...

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Published on Feb 20, 2025

Our second Logo...

Hiya...our second logo didn't attach properly to the last labnote. So, here it is....

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Published on Feb 20, 2025

We have a Logo!!!

We have a logo for the California Ringtail Project. So there will likely be some "ringtail bling" coming out soon...we're thinking hats, shirts, stickers,...maybe even a travel mug!Kristyn was fort...

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Published on Feb 20, 2025

Current iNaturalist Distribution Map

Hiya Ringtail Fans!Sorry it's been a little bit of time since I posted a Lab Note...got swamped, but will make up for it now. I wanted to attach the current iNaturalist Distribution Map for ringta...

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Published on Feb 08, 2025

Examples of Project Wildlife Cameras

Hi Folks! I wanted to post a photo showing an example of some of the cameras we'll be sending to collaborators for this citizen/community-science project. As I said previously, we're going predomin...

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Published on Feb 02, 2025

First Lab Note - Selecting Equipment...

Hi Folks!Just a start-off note about the camera equipment we'll be using for this project. How did we select these cameras and how do we know they will work? Well, that story goes back over a decad...

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So happy that this project was successfully funded! Congratulations!!! I'm looking forward to reading any posts you put up about how things are going. So proud of you Omar!!! - Dave W
Reply to:Denny LuanDenny Luan
Thanks Denny...and thanks for creating Experiment.com - this project would not have happened without you guys/gals.
Hi Israel. Thanks for your note. I hope your study is going well. For the ants, Paco (I can't remember his last name right now) at the California Academy of Sciences is likely going to check out our ants. He works with Brian Fisher at Cal Acad. We brought back a considerable amount of alcoho...more
Hi Oscar. Great observation! This is a male based on his bright colors and also the size of his interfemoral pores (these are pores along the leading edge of what would be equivalent to our femur - males have large pores while females have small pores). I'm only speculating here but oftentimes li...more