Doing a bat inventory using mist netting - page 2


 

Sun. Mar. 21 thru Tues. Mar. 23

Mel (from ODWC - Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation) invited me out to help out with their last bat survey's in SW Oklahoma. Day one was a washout with tons of rain but we did get the other two nights working. Once the site is set up in the morning and afternoon, we return at night and stay until midnight. Then we break down all the equipment that night and back to the hotel by 2 a.m. Yikes!

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It's coming... maybe.... Got one... nope... false alarm none over here either
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We heard all kinds of land and water critters that night but no bats. Even our detectors (ultrasound) weren't picking a lot up. some... but not a lot. When we did turn on a light, we were all blinded... nice to sit in the darkness... peaceful. Day two - this time the south end of the lake on the Wildlife management area.
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A giant path of no trees to the hill in the background and then down to the lake. We're set up for another night We can shine a light on the net and see every 10 minutes if someone is caught. We didn't catch any but got a TON of bat echolocation calls!
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The following pictures are screen shots from my bat detector and the bat it identified. Eastern Red Bat - common tree bat in Oklahoma Tricolor Bat - what we used to call Pips
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Evening Bat Many thanks to Mel and Mike - a great experience and a good thing for bat research.
 

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