BatTed_1000 🦇
@batted1000.bsky.social
Bat biologist studying forest bats and migration. Co-founder of https://visualize.batamp.databasin.org/
Live Music ⭕️ Ultimate. Northern California.
Live Music ⭕️ Ultimate. Northern California.
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Please go beyond the macabre and read this whole article.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? n.pr/3WNy2KL
Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans?
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Please go beyond the macabre and read this whole article.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
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I lined up concerts around work trips I had. Due to the shutdown, the trips are canceled.
Chicago: 1 tik to Patti Smith on Nov. 18th
Pittsburgh: 1 tik to Wednesday (in McKees Rocks) on Nov. 20th
If you can't afford to pay for it, it's ok. I'd just rather they weren't wasted. DM for either ❤️
Chicago: 1 tik to Patti Smith on Nov. 18th
Pittsburgh: 1 tik to Wednesday (in McKees Rocks) on Nov. 20th
If you can't afford to pay for it, it's ok. I'd just rather they weren't wasted. DM for either ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I lined up concerts around work trips I had. Due to the shutdown, the trips are canceled.
Chicago: 1 tik to Patti Smith on Nov. 18th
Pittsburgh: 1 tik to Wednesday (in McKees Rocks) on Nov. 20th
If you can't afford to pay for it, it's ok. I'd just rather they weren't wasted. DM for either ❤️
Chicago: 1 tik to Patti Smith on Nov. 18th
Pittsburgh: 1 tik to Wednesday (in McKees Rocks) on Nov. 20th
If you can't afford to pay for it, it's ok. I'd just rather they weren't wasted. DM for either ❤️
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Eight months ago, Rep. Sylvester Turner D-TX died. His seat in the U.S. House is still vacant. On Tuesday, two Dems advanced to a runoff for that Houston-area seat. When is the runoff?? We don't know.
That runoff date still must be set by Gov. Greg Abbott.
That runoff date still must be set by Gov. Greg Abbott.
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Eight months ago, Rep. Sylvester Turner D-TX died. His seat in the U.S. House is still vacant. On Tuesday, two Dems advanced to a runoff for that Houston-area seat. When is the runoff?? We don't know.
That runoff date still must be set by Gov. Greg Abbott.
That runoff date still must be set by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Anyone want 2 tix to Billy tonight? On the floor? Lmk if you’re needing a miracle 😁
November 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Anyone want 2 tix to Billy tonight? On the floor? Lmk if you’re needing a miracle 😁
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Halloween Shocker: Trump axes work to learn whether offshore wind farms harm bats.
The project was among 351 federal awards recently slated for termination by the Energy Department.
From our friends at @canarymedia.com:
The project was among 351 federal awards recently slated for termination by the Energy Department.
From our friends at @canarymedia.com:
Halloween shocker: Trump axes research to determine whether offshore wind farms harm bats
The project was among 351 federal awards recently slated for termination by the Energy Department.
www.motherjones.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Halloween Shocker: Trump axes work to learn whether offshore wind farms harm bats.
The project was among 351 federal awards recently slated for termination by the Energy Department.
From our friends at @canarymedia.com:
The project was among 351 federal awards recently slated for termination by the Energy Department.
From our friends at @canarymedia.com:
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Remember…
Bats aren’t spooky, they’re adorable 💕Here, an Ectophylla alba pup chilling under a leaf tent gets a surprise visit… from a katydid.
Happy Halloween 🦇🦇🦇
Bats aren’t spooky, they’re adorable 💕Here, an Ectophylla alba pup chilling under a leaf tent gets a surprise visit… from a katydid.
Happy Halloween 🦇🦇🦇
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Remember…
Bats aren’t spooky, they’re adorable 💕Here, an Ectophylla alba pup chilling under a leaf tent gets a surprise visit… from a katydid.
Happy Halloween 🦇🦇🦇
Bats aren’t spooky, they’re adorable 💕Here, an Ectophylla alba pup chilling under a leaf tent gets a surprise visit… from a katydid.
Happy Halloween 🦇🦇🦇
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I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. 🪶 www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. 🪶 www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...
Huge fan of including raw data
Flagging this both because it's cool research, and because the graphs shown here illustrate a very important best-practice of showing both the curves/confidence intervals and the raw data points themselves whenever possible.
Colours of urban selection: carotenoid-based signals reveal divergent urban/rural evolutionary trajectories in two closely related passerines | doi.org/10.1002/oik.... | Oikos | #ornithology 🪶
October 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Huge fan of including raw data
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Is this your owl???
October 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Is this your owl???
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📌Welcome to the bat-feed! A place for posts by bat-scientists, ecologists, photographers etc.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:25 PM
📌Welcome to the bat-feed! A place for posts by bat-scientists, ecologists, photographers etc.
DM me to ask to be added as a contributor. Then use the 🦇 emoji for posts you want to show up in the feed. Rules in the next post:
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Forest Service Research & Development has built the foundation for what we know about forests and fires across the country. What they do before fires—from mechanical thinning to community planning to prescribed burning—can alter how/where a fire moves & protect lives/communities. buff.ly/PfiI3qK
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Forest Service Research & Development has built the foundation for what we know about forests and fires across the country. What they do before fires—from mechanical thinning to community planning to prescribed burning—can alter how/where a fire moves & protect lives/communities. buff.ly/PfiI3qK
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The greater noctule bat can, and DOES, hunt and eat freakin ROBINS in midair.
...and then it chews while continuing to echolocate.
Heheheh it "talks" with its mouth full. www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...
...and then it chews while continuing to echolocate.
Heheheh it "talks" with its mouth full. www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...
Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks
Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.
www.sciencenews.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The greater noctule bat can, and DOES, hunt and eat freakin ROBINS in midair.
...and then it chews while continuing to echolocate.
Heheheh it "talks" with its mouth full. www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...
...and then it chews while continuing to echolocate.
Heheheh it "talks" with its mouth full. www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...
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Another massive movement of migratory birds underway tonight — nearly 1 Billion Birds! With the full moon, you might be able to see some silhouettes zipping by. You can make your own flow maps here (just hit record): aeroecolab.com/uslights
October 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Another massive movement of migratory birds underway tonight — nearly 1 Billion Birds! With the full moon, you might be able to see some silhouettes zipping by. You can make your own flow maps here (just hit record): aeroecolab.com/uslights
Migration season baby!
Sometimes you don’t even have to try to catch them. Wish more bat biologists would get out at this time of year.
Sometimes you don’t even have to try to catch them. Wish more bat biologists would get out at this time of year.
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Migration season baby!
Sometimes you don’t even have to try to catch them. Wish more bat biologists would get out at this time of year.
Sometimes you don’t even have to try to catch them. Wish more bat biologists would get out at this time of year.
This is the time of year when bats start entering caves for hibernation or “swarming” around in front of them looking for mating opportunities.
Yet another reason I need to visit the Caverns.
Yet another reason I need to visit the Caverns.
There were a few bats flying around in The Caverns during Hermanos Gutierrez on Sunday. Probably because they were playing at dusk, but that was kind of a (no pun intended) wild experience.
It's officially 𝐁𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡! 🦇What do you most appreciate about bats?
October 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is the time of year when bats start entering caves for hibernation or “swarming” around in front of them looking for mating opportunities.
Yet another reason I need to visit the Caverns.
Yet another reason I need to visit the Caverns.
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You read that right- there are now 1,500 official bat species known to science!
The Bioko pipistrelle (𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢) was found on Bioko Island in Africa’s Equatorial New Guinea by former BCI Student Scholar Dr. Laura Torrent and her colleagues.
The Bioko pipistrelle (𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢) was found on Bioko Island in Africa’s Equatorial New Guinea by former BCI Student Scholar Dr. Laura Torrent and her colleagues.
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
You read that right- there are now 1,500 official bat species known to science!
The Bioko pipistrelle (𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢) was found on Bioko Island in Africa’s Equatorial New Guinea by former BCI Student Scholar Dr. Laura Torrent and her colleagues.
The Bioko pipistrelle (𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢) was found on Bioko Island in Africa’s Equatorial New Guinea by former BCI Student Scholar Dr. Laura Torrent and her colleagues.
September 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Possibly the most chaotic #museum collection I've ever seen: a drawer containing literally thousands of pinned #flies, at the Chau Chak Wing Museum at @sydney.edu.au.
True fact: this drawer contains more museum objects than the entire UK National Gallery.
True fact: this drawer contains more museum objects than the entire UK National Gallery.
![A close-up of the flies. Each fly is glued to a piece of card, labelled "NSW" [New South Wales], which is pinned into the drawer. The pins are tightly packed and chaotically arranged](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ngnzzzao6iyesvlveibvkasg/bafkreiho2izn424keishfxffyv6v2r4oqx4pca2om7a232un3an3hfe3ni@jpeg)
September 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Possibly the most chaotic #museum collection I've ever seen: a drawer containing literally thousands of pinned #flies, at the Chau Chak Wing Museum at @sydney.edu.au.
True fact: this drawer contains more museum objects than the entire UK National Gallery.
True fact: this drawer contains more museum objects than the entire UK National Gallery.
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#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends
September 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends
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🚨Free ticket for Dogs in a Pile @Novato Hopmonk this evening. its a print at home ticket- can meet up/exchange at the venue
@dogsinapile.band
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September 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨Free ticket for Dogs in a Pile @Novato Hopmonk this evening. its a print at home ticket- can meet up/exchange at the venue
@dogsinapile.band
@dogsinapile.band
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🦇 New research helps explain why some bats are at greater risk from wind energy facilities.
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September 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🦇 New research helps explain why some bats are at greater risk from wind energy facilities.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
@floridamuseum.bsky.social @ufresearch.bsky.social
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@floridamuseum.bsky.social @ufresearch.bsky.social
In many places #bat migration is just beginning
Bats are still migrating FROM their summer habitat TO their winter hibernation sites! Sometimes they are flying hundreds or even a couple thousand kilometres! Patio umbrellas (aka "batio" umbrellas are a common stopover site! #NoPanic #JustDroppingIn #HappyTrails
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In many places #bat migration is just beginning
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Hot off the presses 🔥🦇! In a new paper, we describe a new migratory strategy (pell-mell migration) in which hoary and eastern red bats migrate north in the autumn— sometimes long distances— before turning around and migrating south. 1/n
🦇 New research helps explain why some bats are at greater risk from wind energy facilities.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
@floridamuseum.bsky.social @ufresearch.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
@floridamuseum.bsky.social @ufresearch.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hot off the presses 🔥🦇! In a new paper, we describe a new migratory strategy (pell-mell migration) in which hoary and eastern red bats migrate north in the autumn— sometimes long distances— before turning around and migrating south. 1/n
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Do you like acoustic data, community ecology, and desert oases? Apply for a PhD in my lab to investigate the role of ephemeral water sources (i.e., playa lakes and tinajas) in structuring desert bat (and maybe bird) communities. Visit lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more. Applications due October 1
September 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Do you like acoustic data, community ecology, and desert oases? Apply for a PhD in my lab to investigate the role of ephemeral water sources (i.e., playa lakes and tinajas) in structuring desert bat (and maybe bird) communities. Visit lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more. Applications due October 1