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Nectarivorous bats in Mexico

Nectarivorous bats in Mexico

Mexican long-tongued bat (L) and Mexican long-nosed bat (R) Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Monitoring bat foraging

Monitoring bat foraging

Cuenca Don Martin Natural Protected Area Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Bat drinking agave nectar

Bat drinking agave nectar

Mexican long-nosed bat Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Agave harvester interview

Agave harvester interview

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Collecting agave flowers for nectar

Collecting agave flowers for nectar

Ejido Estanque de Norias Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Mist netting for bats

Mist netting for bats

San Saba, Texas (2010) (photo by Pam Burtt)

Lifelong Learning bat class

Lifelong Learning bat class

Athens, Georgia (2018)

Athens Greenway bat house project

Athens Greenway bat house project

Athens, Georgia (2018)

Bat emergence

Bat emergence

Bamberger Ranch Preserve, Johnson City, Texas (2009)

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

Ejido Dolores, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Evening bats in bat house

Evening bats in bat house

San Saba, Texas (2010) (photo by Pam Burtt)

Kid's bat workshop

Kid's bat workshop

Athens Green Life Expo, Athens, Georgia (2018)

Infrared cameras to monitor bats

Infrared cameras to monitor bats

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Agave and bat lit by IR lamps

Agave and bat lit by IR lamps

Ejido Estanque de Norias, Coahuila, Mexico (2017)

PIT tagging a bat

PIT tagging a bat

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Ejido member on his land

Ejido member on his land

Ejido Estanque de Norias, Coahuila, Mexico (2017)

Southern bent-wing bats roosting

Southern bent-wing bats roosting

South Australia (2012)

Caving with Fulbrighters

Caving with Fulbrighters

New South Wales, Australia (2011)

Giant agave!

Giant agave!

Rayones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2016)

Bracken Cave bat emergence

Bracken Cave bat emergence

San Antonio, Texas (2018)

Semi-cultivated agave field

Semi-cultivated agave field

La Canoa, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Night monitoring of bat foraging

Night monitoring of bat foraging

Coahuila, Mexico (2017)

Mummified bat skeleton

Mummified bat skeleton

South Australia (2012)

Inside a cave

Inside a cave

Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia (2011)

Emergence count with thermal camera

Emergence count with thermal camera

Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia (2011)

Hummingbird feeding on agave nectar

Hummingbird feeding on agave nectar

Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2016)

Bat house building workshop

Bat house building workshop

Athens, Georgia (2018) (Photo by Rebecca Wright)

Annual bat research conference

Annual bat research conference

North American Society for Bat Research Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2018)

Resting during agave survey

Resting during agave survey

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Storm rolling in over agaves

Storm rolling in over agaves

Ejido Estanque de Norias, Coahuila, Mexico (2017)

ESA Graduate Student Policy Award

ESA Graduate Student Policy Award

Ecological Society of America Headquarters, Washington, DC (2016)

Bat house emergence count

Bat house emergence count

San Saba, Texas (2018)

Standard and rocket box bat houses

Standard and rocket box bat houses

San Saba, Texas (2018)

Collecting agave nectar

Collecting agave nectar

Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Mesuring agave nectar concentration

Mesuring agave nectar concentration

Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Installing data loggers in Bat Cave

Installing data loggers in Bat Cave

Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia (2012)

Cave myotis (Myotis velifer)

Cave myotis (Myotis velifer)

San Saba, Texas (2009)

Interviewing a community leader

Interviewing a community leader

Rayones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2016)

Abandoned mine bat survey

Abandoned mine bat survey

Ejido Dolores, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Rocket box bat house on UGA campus

Rocket box bat house on UGA campus

UGA Campus Sustainability Grant, Athens, Georgia (2018)

Heading into a cave full of bats

Heading into a cave full of bats

Rosillo Cave, Coahuila, Mexico (2015)

2016 Bat-Agave-People field team

2016 Bat-Agave-People field team

Tepozanes, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2016)

STEMZone outreach event

STEMZone outreach event

Athens, Georgia (2017)

Harp trap demo with high schoolers

Harp trap demo with high schoolers

Naracoorte, South Australia (2012)

Infrared camera at bat houses

Infrared camera at bat houses

San Saba, Texas (2018)

Talk at pollinating bat symposium

Talk at pollinating bat symposium

Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018) (Photo by Jon Flanders, Bat Conservation International)

Mexican long-nosed bat

Mexican long-nosed bat

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Bat hands at Bracken Cave!

Bat hands at Bracken Cave!

Bracken Cave, San Antonio, Texas (2018)

Winter cave survey

Winter cave survey

Naracoorte, South Australia (2012) (Photo by Steve Bourne)

Bat houses made by Girl Scouts

Bat houses made by Girl Scouts

Athens, Georgia (2018)

Field site

Field site

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Bat Cave

Bat Cave

Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia (2011)

Night vision agaves

Night vision agaves

Coahuila, Mexico (2017)

Radio tracking bats in a pecan farm

Radio tracking bats in a pecan farm

San Saba, Texas (2010) (Photo by Pam Burtt)

Rocket box bat house

Rocket box bat house

San Saba, Texas (2010)

Bat monitoring setup

Bat monitoring setup

San Rafael, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Middle school bat pollination game

Middle school bat pollination game

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018) (Photo by Daniel Hernandez)

Doing an agave survey

Doing an agave survey

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Agaves in a pine-oak forest

Agaves in a pine-oak forest

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Cave exploring!

Cave exploring!

Aggtelek National Park, Hungary (2012)

Measuring a bat's forearm

Measuring a bat's forearm

San Saba, Texas (2010) (Photo by Pam Burtt)

Eastern red bat

Eastern red bat

San Saba, Texas (2010) (Photo by Pam Burtt)

Aging a bat from its wing joints

Aging a bat from its wing joints

San Saba, Texas (2010)

Outreach event

Outreach event

Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens, Georgia (207)

Infrared camera view

Infrared camera view

Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

Ejido Guadalupe Victoria, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Installing a bat house on UGA campus

Installing a bat house on UGA campus

Athens, Georgia (2018) (Photo by Janani Rammohan)

Agave fruit and seeds

Agave fruit and seeds

Coahuila, Mexico (2016)

Spelunking!

Spelunking!

Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia (2012)

Interviewing an ejido leader

Interviewing an ejido leader

Ejido Guadalupe Victoria, Coahuila, Mexico (2016)

Agave survey

Agave survey

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Tiny agave seedling

Tiny agave seedling

Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Setting up infrared cameras at night

Setting up infrared cameras at night

Tepozanes, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2016) (Photo by Isra Castrejon)

Girl Scout bat workshop

Girl Scout bat workshop

Cincinnati, Ohio (2013)

Mexican long-nosed bat tongue

Mexican long-nosed bat tongue

Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Agave sunset

Agave sunset

La Zacatera, Coahuila, Mexico (2017)

Setting up infrared cameras

Setting up infrared cameras

Las Colonias, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Mexican free-tailed bats

Mexican free-tailed bats

Bracken Cave, San Antonio, Texas (2018)

Agaves in the evening

Agaves in the evening

Ejido Dolores, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Mexican long-tongued bat

Mexican long-tongued bat

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Meeting with Senator Wicker

Meeting with Senator Wicker

Ecological Society of America Congressional Visit Day, Washington, DC (2016) (Photo courtesy of Senator Wicker)

Lifelong Learning bat class

Lifelong Learning bat class

Athens, Georgia (2017)

Conducting an agave survey

Conducting an agave survey

Casillas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Thermal camera view of bat houses

Thermal camera view of bat houses

San Saba, Texas (2010)

Scouting for flowering agaves

Scouting for flowering agaves

La Penita, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Surveying abandoned mines for bats

Surveying abandoned mines for bats

Ejido Las Colonias, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Bat walk and equipment demo

Bat walk and equipment demo

Athens, Georgia (2018) (Photo by Jake Maas)

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)

Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)

Black Rock Mountain State Park, Georgia (2014)

Spanish bat presentation

Spanish bat presentation

Sociedad de Cactáceas y Suculentas del Estado de Nuevo León, A.C, Monterrey, Mexico (2018)

Eucalyptus forest

Eucalyptus forest

Victoria, Australia (2011)

Army crawling under barbed wire

Army crawling under barbed wire

Ejido Dolores, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Night vision view of an agave

Night vision view of an agave

Ejido Dolores, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Giant flowering agave

Giant flowering agave

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2016)

Bat outreach event

Bat outreach event

Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens, Georgia (2018)

Radio-tagged Eastern red bat & pups

Radio-tagged Eastern red bat & pups

San Saba, Texas (2010) (Photo by Pam Burtt)

Lifelong learning bat class

Lifelong learning bat class

Athens, Georgia (2018)

Surveying mines for bats

Surveying mines for bats

Ejido Dolores, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Bat equipment demo with students

Bat equipment demo with students

Naracoorte, South Australia (2012)

Cultivated agaves

Cultivated agaves

Ejido Guadalupe Victora, Coahuila, Mexico (2016)

Giving a pop talk at ComSciCon-ATL

Giving a pop talk at ComSciCon-ATL

Atlanta, Georgia (2019)

Cave myotis emerging from a cave

Cave myotis emerging from a cave

San Saba, Texas (2009)

Learn how to be a bat biologist!

Learn how to be a bat biologist!

Women in Science Day, Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Bat booth at Women in Science Day

Bat booth at Women in Science Day

Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Mountain view

Mountain view

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Dressed as a parrot!

Dressed as a parrot!

Threatened Species Day, Naracoorte, South Australia (2011)

Looking inside the shadow box

Looking inside the shadow box

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Mexican long-nosed bat and agave

Mexican long-nosed bat and agave

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Peeking into the shadow box

Peeking into the shadow box

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Research as Craft Exhibition

Research as Craft Exhibition

Athens, Georgia (2019)

Research as Craft Exhibition

Research as Craft Exhibition

Athens, Georgia (2019)

Cultivated agaves

Cultivated agaves

Las Colonias, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Three Minute Thesis Competition

Three Minute Thesis Competition

University of Georgia (2018)

Pollen on a Mexican long-nosed bat

Pollen on a Mexican long-nosed bat

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Bat wings!

Bat wings!

Vulture Festival, Athens, Georgia (2018)

Creatures at Creature brewery event

Creatures at Creature brewery event

Athens, Georgia (2019)

Setting up an infrared camera

Setting up an infrared camera

Ejido Guadalupe Victoria, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

With local artist Will Eskridge

With local artist Will Eskridge

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

1st grade Skype a Scientist session

1st grade Skype a Scientist session

(2019)

Field site

Field site

Ejido Estanque de Norias, Coahuila, Mexico (2015)

Bat photo booth!

Bat photo booth!

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Helping get into the bat wings!

Helping get into the bat wings!

Creatures at Creature brewery event, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Mexican free-tailed bat

Mexican free-tailed bat

San Saba, Texas (2009)

Bat field crew

Bat field crew

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Batty photo op!

Batty photo op!

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Cutting wood for bat houses

Cutting wood for bat houses

San Saba, Texas (2010)

Showing some local Athens bats

Showing some local Athens bats

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Checking bat house for roosting bats

Checking bat house for roosting bats

San Saba, Texas (2018)

Mexican long-tongued bat in a mine

Mexican long-tongued bat in a mine

Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Looking into the bat shadow box

Looking into the bat shadow box

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Helping show off his bat wings!

Helping show off his bat wings!

Lake Herrick Eco-Art Festival, Athens, Georgia (2019)

Hands-on bat research demo

Hands-on bat research demo

Women in Science Day, Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens, Georgia (2019)

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

2018 Bat-Agave-People field team

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2018)

Classroom bat crafts

Classroom bat crafts

San Saba Elementary School, San Saba, Texas (2009)

Field site

Field site

La Canoa, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Teacher lesson plan workshop

Teacher lesson plan workshop

Scientific Research and Education Network event, Athens, Georgia (2018)

Holding an Eastern red bat

Holding an Eastern red bat

San Saba, Texas (2010) (Photo by Pam Burtt)

Looking at guano from bat houses

Looking at guano from bat houses

San Saba, Texas (2010) (Photo by Pam Burtt)

Agave sunset

Agave sunset

Ejido Dolores, Coahuila, Mexico (2018)

Big bat ears!

Big bat ears!

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica (2014)

Surveying Southern bent-wing bats

Surveying Southern bent-wing bats

Bat Cave, Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia (2012) (Photo by Steve Bourne)

STEMZone UGA outreach event

STEMZone UGA outreach event

University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2017)

2017 Bat-Agave-People field team

2017 Bat-Agave-People field team

Laguna de Sanchez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

Bat house building workshop

Bat house building workshop

Athens-Clarke County Library, Athens, Georgia (2018)

Misty morning agave survey

Misty morning agave survey

Casillas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2017)

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