Multiple organizations and agencies continue cooperative efforts to learn more about the health of bats in Alabama.
If you happen to notice some folks with flashlights peering beneath bridges around the state this month, don’t call 911. They’re on a mission to identify where some of Alabama’s more mysterious and misunderstood animals are spending the winter.
Biologists with the Alabama Bat Working Group, along with experts from state and federal agencies, are fanning out across the state through February to conduct a “culvert blitz” – a variation on the annual Bat Blitz that takes place in Alabama each summer.
During the summer blitz, bat experts pick a spot in the state to conduct a detailed, multiday survey of the bat population in that area. They spend the overnight hours during the blitz capturing bats, counting them and examining them to determine their relative health.
This month’s culvert blitz is taking the experts into dark concrete culverts underneath…
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Author : Alabama News Center Staff
Alabama News Center
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