I've investigated and explored a variety of bat-habitats,
including bridges, caves, and culverts. I've built, painted and installed
bat houses, and reviewed plans for bat-management practices. I've also
given presentations about bats, trapped bats, tracked bats, and learned
how to mark bats for scientific study. As a student I worked for Bat
Conservation International, an organization dedicated to studying
and protecting bat species around the world.
Here I am releasing a Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) from
a bat harp trap at the Bat Conservation and Management Workshop in Pennsylvania.
Photo credit: BCI
These photos were taken in a South Texas culvert near
IH-35. I was there to help survey whether the bats were using the artificial
roosts BCI put in. The bat species are Myotis velifer or common name of
Cave Myotis. Photo credits: Brian Keeley.
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