one of my pipistrelle-photos was published in the september 2006 issue of the gibraltar magazine:
for those who care, it’s a nathusius’ pipistrelle bat (pipistrellus nathusii).
Archive for the 'bats' Category
new photos are online!
first of all, some more bat photos: it’s the first time i’ve ..."hosted" a noctule bat (nyctalus noctula)- a good opportunity to take photos of the second largest bat species in austria...
apart from that, albuin (a well-travelled parti-coloured bat, vespertilio murinus) is a photogenic bat, too.
[view photos: noctule and parti-coloured bats]
and then, there’s a whole bunch of photos of people, that didn’t really fit anywhere else...
includes photos of our ensemble on good friday, my little brother in action, artist friends and their work, bear hunters, and today’s and yesterday’s ulfissimo choir rehearsals in baumkirchen.
i also made a short video when we rehearsed an arrangement of "mercy" by joe zawinul, which i think doesn’t sound too bad...
after biodiversity day, toni and i met up with christoph and headed for lienz [G], for the opening of austria’s first permanent bat exhibition: geschöpfe der nacht (creatures of the night) at schloss bruck (bruck castle) in lienz.
on the way there we had a look at two nursery roosts of the greater mouse-eared bat (myotis myotis; grosses mausohr). from what we could tell, it didn’t seem like they had given birth yet*, but when i checked my photos later on, i found a little baby bat!
* all austrian bat species give birth in the first half of june, but due to winter lasting until last week, they postponed birthgiving, waiting for a better climate to raise their young.
several hundred visitors came to see the opening, presentation and bat night. but again, it was too cold so we didn’t catch a single one.
luckily, we still had a backup bat (augibunde) to present :-)
[view photos: nursery roosts of myotis myotis]
[view photos: creatures of the night exhibition, lienz]
last weekend, this year’s GEO Tag der Artenvielfalt (biodiversity day) took place in kufstein [G] and the kaisergebirge region.
the goal was to identify as many species as possible within 24 hours.
about one year ago, i found out about this event and for the first time saw microbats up close.
friday evening, i gave my first public presentation on them.
the event started with a bluatschink concert (basically, a two-man-band in the back of a truck) . despite the simple setting, they always manage to lift the spirits - young and old.
afterwards, there were presentations and demonstrations on bats and butterflies for the visitors, and scientific catches of nocturnal animals.
unfortunately it wasn’t too warm (temperatures around 2 degrees celsius), so there weren’t any bats, and hardly any insects around.
however, it was very inspiring to talk to several experts in different fields of biology.
also, there were lots of acquainted faces. (i had to re-introduce myself to some of them because of my ...very different haircut, compared to last summer. :mrgreen:)
the next morning, i spent some time taking photos at the schwemm, tirol’s biggest preserved moor and one of the examination sites.
before the whole event got really started, toni, christoph and i had to leave, and we headed for lienz [G], for the opening of austria’s first permanent bat exhibition.
i have two guests staying at my place for a few days: augibunde, the noctule bat, and albuin, the parti-coloured bat.
of course, i couldn’t resist taking some photos, and i started playing around with one of the shots...
albuin (pronounced al-boo-een) likes to go places and see the world - so in this post, i’m presenting some snaps from his travels around the globe.
enjoy!
i just found a webcam showing a breeding colony nursery roost of the mouse-eared bat (myotis myotis).
apparently they’ve got 1.800 females there!
...to let you* know i’m alive.
* and by that, i mean all three of you. ;)
i don’t find much time to post new photos, but that’s just a matter of ...weeks. :neutral:
actually, i don’t even get around to *take* a lot of photos, these days.
today, this year’s bat season started (for me, anyway).
and i found out that whether it’s a university professor or a grad-school child - their eyes are sparkling when they see a microbat for the first time :-)
