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| Black bear photographed in Jones County. (http://www.tinyurl.com/candcrit) This work is licensed under a CreativeCommons Attirbution- NonCommercialShareAlike 4.0 International license. |
ASHEBORO – What animals are frolicking in your backyard
while you’re at work, or lurking there after the sun goes down?
Sign up for North Carolina’s Candid Critters, check out a
camera from the Asheboro Public Library, and find out!
Candid Critters is a state-sponsored wildlife study that
makes motion-triggered cameras available through public libraries. Participants
check out the cameras to mount on private property or public land, and weeks
later retrieve the images for viewing and uploading.
Anyone interested must first register at NCCandidCritters.org.
Participants will receive an invitation to join and must complete an online
training course.
Cameras for approved participants will be available at the
Asheboro Public Library in mid-February for a series of three-week deployments.
Library staff will be available to help with uploading images to the Candid
Critters website.
Data will be used to map trends in animal populations across
the state. Typical images from the project can be viewed at www.tinyurl.com/candcrit.
Candid Critters is a partnership among NC State University,
the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, the
State Library of NC, NC Cardinal, North Carolina public libraries and the
Smithsonian.
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