Lights! Camera! Bears oh my!

Scientists have been using a technology that has enabled them to study elusive species that were once thought to be extinct.  The technology is simple, inferred camera traps.  Actually the true name of the camera is the humble. "The humble camera trap — an automated digital device that takes a flash photo whenever an animal triggers an infrared sensor..." (1)

Some of the species that are being photographed are the Amur leopard (with only 30 individuals left in the wild), the Javan Rhino (the world's rarest rhino), and some Sumatran tigers. 

Why is this important?  The cameras provide evidence that these animals still exist.  Conservationists are using this technology to track individuals to survey whether or not the populations are increasing or decreasing.  They can use past data to figure whether the population is dropping due to weather, deforestation, poaching, over hunting of prey, or diseases.

I would like to test this camera in my backyard.  We have a large pack of coyotes that are causing damage to the local population of rabbits, other small mammals, and in turn is causing a drop in the population of red tailed hawk.  I want to be able to present visual data that they are a large pack and should be relocated.  They lost there territory due to construction.  I want to show the town the damage they cause when they disregard the presence of local species.


Sources:
1.) http://e360.yale.edu/feature/camera_traps_emerge_as_key_tool_in_wildlife_research/2469/

 2.) http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=SM1&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1920&bih=859&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=hP013jP0EQiS3M:&imgrefurl=http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2009/07/sumatran-tiger-cubs-frolic-in-dublin.html&docid=w3HaBJ9UJ0igaM&imgurl=http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0115724a0841970b-800wi&w=489&h=420&ei=e53fTr7hN4LW0QHKo6yjBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=830&vpy=518&dur=557&hovh=208&hovw=242&tx=108&ty=162&sig=113131952548967410107&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=192&start=0&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:28,s:0

3.)http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5DWxKIxXLjvsb3bi9a5fqmldWvfsW8UpapNMaY6YrqVH_VSwGwmPdclymy93ak5T5vrLbQKPP-epyrWK411COxw4m5936XHToSVkVqdaNDiZhtUnoRRaJ80bfqqNilNsVWi48adlMw/s1600/Javan-Rhino.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wallpapers-animal.blogspot.com/2009/11/javan-rhinoceros.html&h=335&w=500&sz=35&tbnid=n3ztvhQMsFfXmM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=134&zoom=1&docid=2BZBHHKbpQlPmM&sa=X&ei=WZ3fTqnHDaPZ0QHmrvShCg&ved=0CEEQ9QEwAg&dur=384

4.) http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Leopard_in_the_Colchester_Zoo.jpg/275px-Leopard_in_the_Colchester_Zoo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_leopard&h=206&w=275&sz=19&tbnid=lktMUkkleHbqSM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=130&zoom=1&docid=PIoep16qUxUukM&sa=X&ei=A6HfTt-UJ6f10gHbvaiJBw&ved=0CFAQ9QEwBA&dur=806