Alabaster Caverns Bat Count 2016 - page 4

Alabaster Caverns Bat Count - 2016 (ABC16)

Thursday - January 28, 2016

This year the bat count has some special guests. Seems there was a multi-day workshop for Oklahoma State Park Naturalists in NW Oklahoma. So as part of their training (and experience) they were asked to come and help out with the annual Alabaster Caverns Bat Count. About 23 people participated in this years bat count consisting of people from the Oklahoma State Parks, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, and private individual bat specialists. These pictures sorta tell the story of the count.

NOTE: There are many pictures of the same bat or mat of bats from different angles. These are on here for scientists to do detail study in the monitoring of White Nose Syndrome (WNS). (Though we are sure there is none in the cave as the bats all looked healthy).

Click on any photo to see an enlarged version. This will bring up a 40% sized picture. To see the full size (3000x4000 px) click on the link below each picture labeled full size picture.

Click on any photo to see an enlarged version. On the bottom of each picture is fullsize option.