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  • Biologist Chris Loggers searches for hibernating bats in the abandoned  'Falling Man' gold mine during a bat survey. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_biologist_103007FMM-19.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    9116BBX-210.jpg
  • Dgital composite of indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) flying in the vicinity and emerging from an artificial day roost - Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    9116BBX-210-Edit.jpg
  • A pettersson high-frequency recording/listening device designed to detect bats and record there calls.
    10105ZipBat4.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-278.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-216.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-352.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) emerging from an artificial day roost. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-255.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-211.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-476.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-447.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-387.jpg
  • An indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) flies in the vicinity of its artificial day roost shortly after emerging. Indianapolis, Indiana. These "bat boxes" were created for a research project managed by the Center for Bat Research at Indiana State University to mitigate for lost habitat with this highly endangered species.
    Indiana_bat-9116BBX-213.jpg
  • Bat researchers inspect cave while a townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) exits. Part of the Derrick Cave complex, a series of lava tubes and lava bubbles. Dusk. Central Oregon. Please note: background elements have been digitally removed in this image.
    bat_researcher_92305CaveBat1.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham exits a bat gate at the entrance to the abandoned Gold Stake gold mine. The gate is designed to allow bats to fly in and out of the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is opening the gate for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research102907BMn-33.jpg
  • Biologist Chris Loggers searches for hibernating bats in the abandoned  'Falling Man' gold mine during a bat survey. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_biologist_103007FMM-34.jpg
  • A solitary male Townsend's big-eared bat (Coryno-<br />
rhinus townsendii) roosting in an abandoned house on Bereau Of Land Managment land in Central Oregon. This sensitive species will often take up residence in old man-made structures.
    bat_research62007BT-14-2.jpg
  • Biologist Chris Loggers searches for hibernating bats in the abandoned  'Falling Man' gold mine during a bat survey. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_biologist_103007FMM-33.jpg
  • Biologist Chris Loggers searches for hibernating bats in the abandoned  'Falling Man' gold mine during a bat survey. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_biologist_103007FMM-31.jpg
  • A Townsend's big-eared bat (Coryno-<br />
rhinus townsendii) flies around an abandoned house on Bereau Of Land Managment land in Central Oregon. This sensitive species will often take up residence in old man-made structures.
    bat_research62007BT-6-2.jpg
  • Students glimpse a bat held in the hands of a bat researcher during a bat survey at The Nature Conservacy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-225.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-26.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-5.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-24.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-20.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-13.jpg
  • Bat researchers keep odd hours. Vanessa Rojas, PhD Student/bat researcher and her crew are up at midnight (during a  rare night off) on the upper floor of the little house they rent during the field season. (please note, camera clock was set to west coast time).
    rural_tennessee-61413ex-101.jpg
  • Bureau Of Land Mangement biologist Abbey Schuster measures the wing structure of a small bat while  Valerie Elliott records data. The bat was captured during a bat survey at The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-236.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham works to unlock a bat gate at the entrance to the abandoned 'Falling Man' gold mine. The gate is designed to allow bats to fly in and out of the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is opening the gate for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_103007FMM-6.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham examines a bat gate damaged by vandals at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-88.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham examines a bat gate damaged by vandals at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-143.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham squeezes through the bat gate of the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-84.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham squeezes through the bat gate of the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-83.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham measures a bat gate damaged by vandals at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-194.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham measures a bat gate damaged by vandals at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-192.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham examines a bat gate damaged by vandals while biologist Chris Loggers observes at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-180.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham examines a bat gate damaged by vandals while biologist Chris Loggers observes at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-177.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham examines a bat gate damaged by vandals while biologist Chris Loggers observes at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-160.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham examines a bat gate damaged by vandals at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-149.jpg
  • The path of a big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is traced in this long exposure. Bat researchers attached a small light to the bat before releasing it to fly so it's high-frequency calls could be recorded by scientists. The light falls off after a few minutes. Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.
    62007BT-31.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham examines a bat gate damaged by vandals at the entrance to the abandoned Smoking Dump gold mine. The damage completely destroyed the lock and latch. The gate is designed to allow bats access to the spaces where they hibernate and roost in the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-90.jpg
  • biologist Chris Loggers installs a motion sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-126.jpg
  • Humboldt University professor of bioacoustics Joe Szewczak holds a patterson ultra-sonic bat detector and recorder that will automatically record the calls of bats that fly near. The device is set-up in the field after nightfall. The Nature Conservnacy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-152.jpg
  • Biologists and students set up a harp trap designed to catch bats in flight after nightfall. The bats will be identified as part of a bat survey of the area. The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls Preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-149.jpg
  • Biologists and students set up a harp trap designed to catch bats in flight after nightfall. The bats will be identified as part of a bat survey of the area. The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls Preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-143.jpg
  • Biologists and students set up a harp trap designed to catch bats in flight after nightfall. The bats will be identified as part of a bat survey of the area. The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls Preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-141.jpg
  • Bureau Of Land Management biologist Jason Lowe (left) assembles aluminium poles while Forest Service biologist Kurt Aluzas assists. They are setting up mist nets across a pond to catch bats, once evening falls, during a bat survey in The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-125.jpg
  • biologist Chris Loggers installs a motion sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-119.jpg
  • biologist Chris Loggers installs a motion sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-117.jpg
  • biologist Chris Loggers installs a motion sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-116.jpg
  • Humboldt University professor of bioacoustics Joe Szewczak holds a patterson ultra-sonic bat detector and recorder that will automatically record the calls of bats that fly near. The device is set-up in the field after nightfall. The Nature Conservnacy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-170.jpg
  • Biologists from several state and federal agencies prepare to set-up mist nets across a pond to capture bats after nightfall. The bat survey will help determine species that use the basalt cliffs at The Nature Cosnervancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-67.jpg
  • Biologists from several state and federal agencies march down a rugged trail in preparation to set-up mist nets across a pond to capture bats after nightfall. The bat survey will help determine species that use the basalt cliffs at The Nature Cosnervancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-59.jpg
  • Biologists from several state and federal agencies prepare to set-up mist nets across a pond to capture bats after nightfall. The bat survey will help determine species that use the basalt cliffs at The Nature Cosnervancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-56.jpg
  • Forest Service wildlife technician Aimee Hart walks a path that leads to Dutch Henry Falls in the desert of Central Washington. Aimee will assist in the capture of bats during a bat survey that will take place at the falls. The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls, Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-53.jpg
  • Bureau Of Land Management biologist Jason Lowe (left) assembles aluminium poles while Forest Service biologist Kurt Aluzas assists. They are setting up mist nets across a pond to catch bats, once evening falls, during a bat survey in The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-127.jpg
  • Bureau Of Land Management biologist Jason Lowe (left) assembles aluminium poles while Forest Service biologist Kurt Aluzas assists. They are setting up mist nets across a pond to catch bats, once evening falls, during a bat survey in The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-120.jpg
  • Employees from several state and federal agencies set-up mist nests to catch bats during a bat survey in central Washington.
    bat_research_61108BT-98.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University wildlife technician Eddie Perry uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-46.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University wildlife technician Eddie Perry uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-43.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University wildlife technician Eddie Perry uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-39.jpg
  • Biologist Chris Loggers installs a hobo temperature sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-99.jpg
  • Biologist Chris Loggers installs a hobo temperature sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-96.jpg
  • Biologist Chris Loggers installs a hobo temperature sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-103.jpg
  • Biologist Chris Loggers installs a hobo temperature sensor in the interior of the abandonded Smoking Dump gold mine. The sensor will help scientists understand why sensitive bat species like Townsend big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) use the mine for winter hibernation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    bat_research_102907BMn-100.jpg
  • Red lights trace the path of biologists as they work late into the night during a noctrunal bat survey during this time exposure. The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-255.jpg
  • Bat researchers keep odd hours. Bat researcher Vanessa Rojas and her crew dry mist nets in yard at night in back of the little house they rent during field season.
    rural_tennessee-61413ex-122.jpg
  • The lights used by biologists create a glow against basalt cliffs while they work late into the night during a noctrunal bat survey at The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in central Washington.
    61208BT-258.jpg
  • A biologist uses a high frequency audio mcirophone to record the audio signature of a bat that has been tagged with a light emitter. The pulsed light in this long exposure is created by the wing beats of the bat as it flew into the forest. The light emitter will fall off within a few minutes. Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.
    bat_research_61807BT-56.jpg
  • Forest Service Biologist Pat Ormsbee (left) converses with Humboldt University professor of bioacoustics Joe Szewczak while waiting for evening to fall for a bat survey in central Washington.
    bat_research_61108BT-51.jpg
  • A bat survey team with mist nets set up over a pond at night in the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.
    bat_research_61807BT-52.jpg
  • Biologist Leigh Stuemke collecting statitistics on a temporarily captive Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas.
    bat_research_33009RFb-15-1.jpg
  • Biologist Leigh Stuemke collecting statitistics on a temporarily captive Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas.
    bat_research_33009RFb-39-1.jpg
  • Biologist Leigh Stuemke collecting statitistics on a temporarily captive Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas.
    bat_research_33009RFb-33-1.jpg
  • Biologist Leigh Stuemke releases a Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) after collecting dna and data. Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas.
    bat_research_33009RFb-28-1.jpg
  • Biologist Leigh Stuemke collecting statitistics on a temporarily captive Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas.
    bat_research_33009RFb-42-1.jpg
  • Bat researcher Vanessa Rojas,<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University<br />
Terre Haute, Indiana - drives a vehicle out of the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee after working all night collecting data on bats.
    Tennessee_Forest-61713sl-159.jpg
  • Bat researcher Vanessa Rojas,<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University<br />
Terre Haute, Indiana - drives a vehicle out of the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee after working all night collecting data on bats.
    Tennessee_Forest-61713sl-149.jpg
  • Geologist and mining engineer Greg Graham unlocks a bat gate at the entrance to the abandoned Gold Stake gold mine. The gate is designed to allow bats to fly in and out of the mine interior while keeping human visitors and other large animals excluded. Greg is going to inspect the mine in preparation for a bat survey by biologists. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
    abandoned_mine_102907BMn-206.jpg
  • Joe Szewczak (background) associate professer at the department of biological sciences at Humboldt State University, and Bureau Of Land Managment biologist William Dean search for a colony of townsend's big-eared bats in abondoned farm house. BLM land in Central Oregon.
    bat_research62007BT-2-2.jpg
  • Forest Service biologist Sonny Paz (left) struggles in a mucky pond while Washington Department Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Mike Atamiua looks on. They are preparing to set up mist nets to catch bats once evening falls. The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-84.jpg
  • Forest Service biologist Sonny Paz (left) is handed aluminium poles while Washington Department Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Mike Atamiua looks on. They are preparing to set up mist nets to catch bats once evening falls. The Nature Conservancy's Dutch Henry Falls preserve in Central Washington.
    bat_research_61208BT-109.jpg
  • A hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) portrait. Northern Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    HoaryBat7.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University works on freeing a juvenile eastern bluebird from the mist nets used to capture bats during a study project for Indiana bats. The mist nets were hung out to dry after nightly decontamination and the inexperienced bird tried to land on the neet andquickly got tangled.It was released moments later, slightly phased but in good condition.
    bird_tangled-61613ten-117.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University works on freeing a juvenile eastern bluebird from the mist nets used to capture bats during a study project for Indiana bats. The mist nets were hung out to dry after nightly decontamination and the inexperienced bird tried to land on the neet andquickly got tangled.It was released moments later, slightly phased but in good condition.
    bird_tangled-61613ten-113.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University works on freeing a juvenile eastern bluebird from the mist nets used to capture bats during a study project for Indiana bats. The mist nets were hung out to dry after nightly decontamination and the inexperienced bird tried to land on the neet andquickly got tangled.It was released moments later, slightly phased but in good condition.
    bird_tangled-61613ten-105.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University sets up an Anabat bat detector along a road in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. The sensor will record the ultrasonic calls of bats in the area for several nights, and can determine species based upon call acoustics.
    bat_research-61613ten-167.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University sets up an Anabat bat detector along a road in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. The sensor will record the ultrasonic calls of bats in the area for several nights, and can determine species based upon call acoustics.
    bat_research-61613ten-163.jpg
  • A big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) caught in a researcher's mist net during a bat survey.
    bat_in_netMDurham503_33.jpg
  • An anabat recorder deployed near a road in the Cherokee National Forest. The sensor will record the ultrasonic calls of bats in the area for several nights, and can determine species based upon call acoustics.
    bat_research-61613ten-180.jpg
  • An anabat sensor deployed near a forest service road in the Cherokee National Forest. The sensor will record the ultrasonic calls of bats in the area for several nights, and can determine species based upon call acoustics.
    bat_research-61613ten-208.jpg
  • Mist nets being deployed over a road at night for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-234.jpg
  • Mist nets being deployed over a road at night for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-231.jpg
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-226.jpg
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-224.jpg
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-222.jpg
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-215.jpg
  • CJ, a chocolate lab working as a trained wildlife detector dog, tries to find bat roosting sites. Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
    wildlife_detector_dog_71707GD_7.jpg
  • CJ, a chocolate lab working as a trained wildlife detector dog, sits to indicate he has located a bat roosting site to his handler, wildlife technician Elisabeth Mering, in an old ponderosa snag. Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
    wildlife_detector_dog_71707GD_24.jpg
  • CJ, a chocolate lab working as a trained wildlife detector dog, using his nose to find bat roosting sites in an old ponderosa snag. Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
    wildlife_detector_dog_71707GD_22.jpg
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