2014 Kiawah Conservancy Annual Report 2014 | Page 17

Bobcat GPS Research Study  2014 m  arked the eighth straight year we have fitted bobcats with GPS collars on Kiawah Island. We had a successful trapping season and captured 8 different bobcats. Six bobcats received GPS collars (four females and two males). All six of these bobcats had been captured in prior years and four of them had been fitted with GPS collars previously. Tracking the same bobcats during multiple years allows us to see changes in home range size and responses to changing habitat conditions on the Island. This year brought another film crew to the Island to film our bobcats. Staff from National Geographic spent several days during December film [