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Mist Netting at JK Black Oak Reveals Bat Diversity and Surprises

Mist Netting at JK Black Oak Reveals Bat Diversity and Surprises

Nov 2, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 4, Fall 2025 by Bruce Kimmel, JK Black Oak Bat Project Director In 2021, the Virginia Master...

The Bats of Loudoun County

The Bats of Loudoun County

Apr 3, 2025

Nature’s elusive aerial acrobats, bats constitute a diverse and fascinating group of mammals with unique adaptations that have allowed them...

Bat Monitors Find 9 Species in Loudoun, Including an Endangered One

Bat Monitors Find 9 Species in Loudoun, Including an Endangered One

May 1, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 2, Spring 2023 by Bruce Kimmel, Virginia Master Naturalist Bats are one of the most misunderstood animals on the...

Bat Monitoring Finds Eight or More Species at JK Black Oak

Bat Monitoring Finds Eight or More Species at JK Black Oak

Jun 17, 2022

Bats are an important part of a healthy ecosystem, not to mention being fascinating animals.  While our knowledge about bats...

Bat Monitoring Begins at JK Black Oak

Bat Monitoring Begins at JK Black Oak

Apr 11, 2022

Bat monitoring rig at JK Black Oak.Photo by Bruce Kimmel Bats are an important part of a healthy ecosystem.  There...

Our Backyard Bats

Our Backyard Bats

Mar 5, 2021

This program was co-sponsored by Loudoun County Public Library and Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. Leslie Sturges of the Save Lucy Campaign...

Declining Bat Populations Need Our Help

Jul 7, 2013

Each spring and summer, we get emails from people asking, “We have bats — what can I do to get...

Bats on NPR/Diane Rehm Show

Nov 10, 2011

There was a great interview/discussion on bats on the NPR/Diane Rehm show this past Monday. In case you missed it,...

Bats – It’s a Fungus that’s killing them

Nov 2, 2011

You may have seen the articles over the last week or so about Bats and White Nose Syndrome.  Researchers have...

The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

May 14, 2011

I wish I could embed this video on the blog but it’s not that kind of link so….. here’s the...

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