The BatCam Bats are Back!

Watch a Family of Bats LIVE on Conserve Wildlife Foundation’s BatCam

by: Stephanie Feigin, Wildlife Ecologist

Early April 2016, the BatCam bats returned to their roost in the window of the Williams’ home. As of now, it seems that only part of the colony has returned — about 20 big brown bats.

Last year CWF’s Stephanie Feigin and ENSP’s MacKenzie Hall banded the BatCam bats. We banded a total of 48 bats, about half of the bats banded were adults (banded with silver bands) and the others were juveniles (banded with red bands). This has allowed us to now see that some of the returning bats were banded last year. We even have some juveniles that have returned to the roost with their moms from last year!

Make sure to stay tuned for when the moms give birth to their pups in June and other updates throughout the season!

Learn More:

• Watch Conserve Wildlife Foundation’s BatCam Live!
• Conserve Wildlife Foundation’s Bat Project
• Conserve Wildlife Foundation’s online field guide: big brown bat

Stephanie Feigin is the Wildlife Ecologist for Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.