Wednesday, September 9, 2009

bat monitoring for the Citizen-based Monitoring Network




The Citizen-based Monitoring Network of Wisconsin incorporates many inventory and monitoring projects for wildlife species. Among their other studies, Dave Redell and Paul White of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources coordinate a series of volunteer mobile acoustic surveys for bats, utilizing ANABAT electronic detectors. The ANABAT units make it possible to determine species diversity and numbers at a variety of locations and habitats across the state. Members of our Cedarburg Science staff are participating in several bat surveys this autumn. One took place at the Cedarburg Bog, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station, and the second will be done at the new Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, owned by the Ozaukee-Washington Land Trust. Photos above show us in action, collecting acoustic data in early September. To learn more about the Citizen-based Bat Monitoring project, go to this link.