Scenes from BCI Bat Conservation and Management workshops:

Background photo:
Workshop participants radiotrack a bat under Chiracahua mountain cliffs in Arizona. One group member carries an antenna and receiver that detects
audible beeps, telling trackers which direction to go to find the bat with the tiny transmitter.
Photo by Janet Tyburec

Smaller photos:
The big free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) is one of the species sometimes caught and observed at the Arizona workshop.
Photo by Merlin D. Tuttle

Cal Butchkoski, one of our hosts at the Pennsylvania workshop, removes a bat from a mist net.
Photo by Merlin D. Tuttle

Workshop leader Janet Tyburec, center, discusses one of the night's catches with participants Vivian Sartori, left, and Laura Mazanti, right.
Photo by Merlin D. Tuttle