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Alberta Community Bat Program. Promoting bat conservation, stewardship & education. A program of WCS Canada (Wildlife Conservation Society Canada).
Alberta, Canada
Joined August 2016
Check out our ALBERTABATS.ca homepage & see how you can help #bats. We are also on facebook
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Alberta Community Bat Program. 4,810 likes · 84 talking about this · 2 were here. The Alberta Community Bat Program seeks to promote bat conservation and stewardship in Alberta through public...
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Exciting news in Alberta! Our.@wcscanada.org.Western Bat Team developed a probiotic treatment to help improve survival rates for bats facing white-nose syndrome. We have applied it for the 1st time outside of the study area! 🦇.
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RT @ryanjespersen: Coal mining on Alberta's eastern slopes doesn't make sense economically, ecologically, or politically. So why is the UCP….
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The North American wind industry needs to do better. Mitigation exists but it isn't being implemented at a level that keeps bats safe. See this new video to understand the issue. #SaveTheBats #BatsAndWindEnergy .
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AlbertaBats is on BLUESKY! Posting on Twitter will be limited in the future. Please join us there!
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The Canada flag turns 60 today on our official "flag day". This version was created by Curtis Wilson, Vancouver Island, BC, of the Kwakwaka'wakw. Not quite as old but also important (and beautiful). #HappyFlagDay #TrueNorthStrongAndFree
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No stranger love than that of the Serotine Bat. Check out this article:
cnn.com
Video reveals the serotine bat may be the first mammal known to mate without using penetration, according to a new study.
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Due to 'the good life' in the city, urban bats give birth earlier than rural bats via @physorg_com.
phys.org
A study from Tel Aviv University, the first of its kind on mammals, has found that bats living in urban environments give birth, on average, about 2.5 weeks earlier than bats living in rural areas....
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RT @MarcBekoff: What Is It Like to Be a Bat From Their Point of View?. A fascinating new book carefully explains how otherworldly weird bat….
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RT @msabine900: #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Contemporary #Polish #German #AnnaRona.Anna Rona (b. 1965).FLEDERMÄUSE (BATS), 2024.Oil on canvas….
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#BATJOB.It`s an entry-level job to work on bats in southern Saskatchewan! Work with a graduate student and learn the ropes. Please see the contact information in the posting for more details!
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RT @msabine900: #YoungBatArt: always bold, energetic and stunning! Today's #YoungBatArtist is Milo1802, grade 2 at Torringford Elemetary S….
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RT @msabine900: #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Contemporary #Austrian #Surrealism.Nikol Dzhumurat.THE WORLD WE HEAR (CAVE), 2024.Acrylic on canv….
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👏Bats 👏Are👏Economically👏IMPORTANT!👏.
Check out this new 📄 by @CarolSierraD and collaborators assessing #economic value of #pest suppression service 🦇. 5️⃣8️⃣% mean reduction in crop damage because of 🦇 in 🌾 fields in Morelos, 🇲🇽. 🔎➡️
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PRESENTATION RECORDING HAS BEEN POSTED! CoriLausen gives updates on our work with our conservation partners re: the Probiotic Project & our work to improve survival rates of bats. Also an update on our work with First Nations & training batworkers
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Bats and farms. They go together like peas and carrots.
Bats play a key role in 🪲🦋 suppression in #agroecosystems, but their impact in extreme environments such as deserts is still unclear. Check out this 📄 assessing 🦇 habitat use in an #organic 🌴 plantation in 🇮🇱. 📄🔎
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RT @msabine900: #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #WillEskridge #Contemporary #American .HIT SINGLE HOARY BAT.Acrylic on cradled wood .
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#BatsAndFarms #NewPaperPlanting diverse crops and adding hedgerows or trees on farms helps bats find food and supports farmland biodiversity. Additional structure on the edges of farm fields is an easy way for farms to help mitigate impacts to biodiversity.
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RT @_BCT_: Bats are truly the wizards of the night as they whizz around the night sky catching insects on the wing. Bats are not just mag….
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