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“So far, the team has collected more than 40,000 photos, mostly from Rock Creek Park: foxes, coyotes, deer, squirrels, raccoons, people walking dogs. But so far, they’ve only captured one cat photo — black and white, a large well-fed feline slinking through the woods. ‘I was expecting to find a little bit more in these natural areas,’ says technician Mike Cove. It’s way too early in this three-year study to draw any conclusions. But Cove says the possible paucity (er, paw-city?) of cats in the park may have to do with another predator — coyotes. He cites a study from 2015 called ‘Cats Are Rare Where Coyotes Roam,’ which found that cats are 300 times more abundant in urban, coyote-free neighborhoods compared to coyote-filled parklands.”
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/665849969/to-decrease-bird-kills-cat-lovers-team-up-with-bird-lovers-in-d-c-cat-count

To Decrease Bird Kills, Cat Lovers Team Up With Bird Lovers In D.C. Cat CountOutdoor cats kill as many as 4 billion birds each year in this country. But how many cats are there, really? Now a team of technicians is trying to count Washington, D.C.'s feral felines.