[OHIOBWG] FW: Call for Silver-haired Bat Data!

[Titchenell, Marne]

See below!

[The Ohio State University]
Marne A. Titchenell
Wildlife Program Specialist, OSU Extension
School of Environment and Natural Resources
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Resources

210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH 43210

614-292-0402  Office
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[SENR 50th]


Hello,

My name is Dana Green, I am a PhD student working with Drs. Erin Baerwald and Mark Brigham at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. Broadly, I am interested in assessing migratory strategies of silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans). The reasoning behind my research is other biologists noting “odd” occurrences of silver-haired bat in winter months in northern latitudes. To me, this begs the question “Are they migrating long-distances or regionally?”. These anecdotes, along with differences in their ecology when compared to other migratory species (e.g. hoary bats), warrant some investigation.

In an attempt to assess where on the spectrum of migratory behaviours silver-haired bats lie, I would like to collect data from as many avenues as possible, such as fellow researchers!

So I am asking if you are willing to dust off that old data on your shelf and help me to use it! Of course I will give you full credit for using it.

I am looking for:

-       Fall through spring acoustic data

o   Date, location (precise or coarse), number of passes per species

•  Species of interest: hoary bat, silver haired bat, little brown bat, big brown bat

o   How did you define a pass? (# pulses/ time between pulses)

o   If you’re in an area with both silver-haired and big brown bats, how did you address the similarities of the calls?

o   Metadata associated with acoustic analysis

o   Raw calls are not necessary. I just need a list of ID’ed calls, species, location, etc., and a description of how you identified the species (which software, filter settings, and any manual vetting performed).

-       Fall through spring bat captures

o   Including all species captured

o   Date, location (precise or coarse)

o   Sex, age, etc.

-       Anecdotes!

o   Gathered any notes on “weird” silver-haired bat activity? Alone, it’s not enough to publish, but many can tell a story!

•  These data came be a variety of things such as molecular, isotope, sightings, captures, roosting sites, etc.

-       From Rehabbers

o   All bat species brought in fall through Spring

o   Date, relative location

o   Age and sex

Some datasets may be more robust than others, which is anticipated. Additionally, some data may be old. This, too, is anticipated. All of these  contributions may  help shed light on this issue.

Thank you,


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Dana Green
Ph.D. Student | University of Regina
Department of Biological Sciences

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