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After field work in the north and central parts of Illinois, we recently spent two nights mist netting at Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve, in southwestern Illinois (Monroe County).  A patchwork of forest fragments, restored prairie, and ponds, this property is also the site of the IBCP’s first capture of […]

Indiana bats at Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve

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We have recently completed netting at our second site, in the Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area near Lawrenceville, Illinois. After two nights of mist netting, we captured five bats of three different species – the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus), red bat (Lasiurus borealis), and tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). […]

Summer mist-netting on the lower Embarras River

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The IBCP has finished work at our first mist-netting site, in the southern portion of Kickapoo State Park (Vermilion County, Illinois). Mist-netting is a term used for the method of capturing bats using a large net made up of very fine threads.  These nets have to be extremely inconspicuous because […]

Mist-netting at Kickapoo State Park

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The Illinois Bat Conservation Program field team has finished work at our 4th field site this summer, north of the town of Oblong, IL.  Our field work has focused on collecting data using bat acoustic detectors.  These detectors record the echolocation calls bats use to navigate as they fly and […]

Summer Acoustic Monitoring

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