Bat Crossing
Learn how road culverts are a critical refuge for Georgia's bats.
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Tricolored Bat: Little Bat, Big Trouble
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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The tricolored bat is an irreplaceable part of Georgia’s natural heritage, found throughout the state, but the species is in trouble.
Working the Night Shift
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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After dark during summer, DNR does the detective work to monitor bat populations, gathering data that can be used to help conserve them.
Halloween Superstitions and Backyard Wildlife
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Garden Spider in Web. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson Nowadays most folks enjoy having a cornucopia of wildlife living...
Apr
21
2014
A Tough Winter for Southern Bats: Tracking the Spread of WNS in Georgia
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Trina Morris, Georgia DNR wildlife biologist The winter bat monitoring season had an ominous start. Kevin Glenn of the National Speleological Society emailed in early February to say they...
Jul
16
2013
A Bat’s First Flight: Recording bats emerging from Georgia’s caves.
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Trina Morris, GA DNR Wildlife Biologist It’s that time of year again. The time of year when many kinds of wildlife are giving birth and raising young. Bats are...
May
30
2013
Monitoring Bats on the Hooch
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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First aquatic Anabat route in Georgia a success By: Trina Morris, DNR Wildlife Biologist After the announcement last spring about the opportunity for volunteers to run Anabat routes across the...
May
02
2012
Bat Conservation Interns Hard at Work
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Bronson Curry and Jackie Jeffery are spending their summer studying the northern yellow bat as part of a full-time bat conservation internship with Wildlife Resources Division’s Nongame Conservation Section. Primarily...