Brittany R

We’ve had another exciting field season at IBCP! This year we focused our mist netting efforts in central and northern Illinois. We set out a total of 94 nets this year across four different sites and caught 62 bats! Our most exciting catch of the year was a Hoary bat! […]

2023 Mist Netting Recap

19 December 2023 in Blog Posts / Mist Netting by Brittany R

It’s been a very busy summer here at IBCP! I want to thank our hard working field crews for a successful field season including: Abby Pagels, Ricky Gieser, Caroline Abramowitz, Jocelyn Karsk, Jordyn Chace, and IDNR staff. This year, we added 10 new grid cells (GRTS) to our acoustic surveys. […]

2022 Field Season Recap

23 September 2022 in Uncategorized by Brittany R

Last month, Sarah and I had the opportunity to assist the Illinois Department of Natural Resources with a hibernaculum survey. Hibernacula surveys are performed with the goal of counting how many bats reside in the cave/mine, identifying species, and locating where they are within the cave/mine. We were both very […]

The Great Bat Count

22 April 2022 in Uncategorized by Brittany R

This year we had to be creative when it came to making outreach for IBCP fully virtual. One of the busiest times for outreach is during Bat Week and this year it was from October 24-31. We came up with new ways to celebrate still making Bat Week fun and […]

Bat Week At A Distance

18 November 2020 in Uncategorized by Brittany R