BCI's successful field study workshop program has provided training to hundreds of wildlife biologists, educators, and other serious students of bat conservation. Through hands-on experience, participants learn bat conservation and research techniques including netting, trapping, radio tracking, night-vision observation, and habitat assessment.

There are also acoustic monitoring workshops are designed to give bat-detector owners hands-on experience with the equipment and guided practice sessions in the field to make their own recordings and analysis. The courses are taught by leading experts in the field of acoustic monitoring who have extensive practical knowledge with the use and capabilities of various systems under field conditions.

Greetings to workshop participants!
Time flies doesn't it? Here are a couple of takes that may stir some memories. As always we recommend right-clicking the movies and saving them to your local disk. If the movie does not play, install the latest Quicktime Player!

Pennsylvania 2004. This began innocently when I noticed Janet using the ANABAT with serious determination and immediately decided on a sound track. Only a minute in length but packed with net clips and great swarm. Two versions available, the only difference is the video quality.

Mission:BatCamp (small)
File size: 4.2 M ; image size: 320x240

Mission:BatCamp (large)
File size: 27.4 M ; image size: 720x480

Pennsylvania 2004. Follow the crew as they investigate the original Bat Condo in the northeast. Afterwards we head into the church attic for a look into THE nursery colony of central PA. The dawn return will be helpful for those who were sleeping at 5:30 AM.

Condo/Church Visit
File size: 14.1 M; image size: 320x240

Pennsylvania 2005. This was the first BCI Acoustic Monitoring Workshop in the east and it will be tough to beat. Over-the-top netting yielded every available species except silver-haired. ANABAT, Pettersson, ziplining, light tagging, extension cords, oh my!

Acoustic Workshop
File size: 4.8 M; image size: 320x240

Pennsylvania 2005. This video features three field trips: the habitat assessment walk, trapping at the Canoe Creek Mine, and wraps up with one of the all-time favorite net sites, Huntingdon Rocks.

Out for a Walk
File size: 5.5 M; image size: 320x240

Pennsylvania 2006. This year we picture some events not shown before. The JV bat house emergence, bat house building, and the Canoe Creek Mine tour. A hefty download, but that's why you're on high speed, right?

Bring On The Night
File size: 68 M; image size: 1280x720

As a bonus, click the photo below for a high-res version of the group photo in front of the landmark Canoe Creek Church!

Pennsylvania 2006. This is the video of bats whacking the car antenna using the super slow motion feature of the Sony HDR-HC3 camera. The slo-mo clips have been lightened for viewing on a computer monitor.

Antenna Whack
File size: 9 M; image size: 1280x720
Dual IrLamp6 illuminators and Sony HDR-HC3 camera

Pennsylvania 2007.
I tried to get a little bit of everything in this video; pretty tough to condense 5 days into 2:32, but here it is.

2007 Bat Workshop
File size: 14 M; image size: 960x540

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