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The Hidden Cost of Wind Energy — and How We Can Fix It
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
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May 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
🦇ICYMI: a great video on our work developing a "probiotic" to help bats survive white-nose syndrome infections. This beautifully shot video also gives a good primer on what the probiotic is all about. This was 2yrs ago -good news...our studies show the probiotic is working!
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WCS Bat Probiotics YouTube
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
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November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Singing Silver-haired Bats!
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
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November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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What a show! I know the judges are having a hard time this year! #wcscanada #worldcosplaysummit #cosplaycompetition #otakuthon2025
August 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
Onward! To a New Year! Thank you to everyone who continues to follow and support Alberta Bats! Wishing everyone health, happiness and good fortune for 2025.
Ornaments of gold and blue surround "2025". Text reads "romall of us at Alberta Bats: Happy New Year! Logo Alberta Community Bat Program WCSCanada - albertabats.ca in the background a flying bat flies against a dark background.Photo by Brock and Sherri Fenton.
December 31, 2024 at 3:02 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
Our "mothership"@WCSCanada is looking for an Indigenous artist! This RFP closes March 25th. Check it out! A great opportunity for a small contract for someone!
wcscanada.org WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · Mar 5
Opportunity Alert 🚨

WCS Canada is seeking an Indigenous artist to create original artwork visualizing the interconnectedness of people, wildlife & landscapes in the boreal, Rockies & Western Arctic.

📩 Applications must be sent to wcscanadacomms@wcs.org

Learn more → loom.ly/Jclh8JY
March 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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🦇Always nice to listen to: A singing Silver-haired bat.
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Singing Silver-haired Bats!
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
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December 27, 2024 at 12:44 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
And don't forget the "singing bats"

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Singing Silver-haired Bats!
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
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January 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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This 5-minute video is balm for my environmental soul.
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Bats are gorgeous, misunderstood, and in danger. Folks at @wcscanada.org @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social are trying to help -- and it just might work...

(Also a fab example of effective storytelling!)
WCS Bat Probiotics YouTube
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June 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
Our featured story in the Narwhal this week is now linked to our WCSCanada Western Bat Program website wcsbats.ca A great look at the interior BC temperate rainforests, the loss of old-growth & its affect on endangered Northern Myotis. Our team has been radio-tracking this species! 🦇🧪
Endangered Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) and old-growth dependent bat that does not use bat houses. Photo by Jared Hobbs.
January 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
Just a heads up that we have a Western Bat Program YouTube channel! If you want a peek at some of the work we have been doing in British Columbia - there are a series of videos and playlists with insights on our BC batwork! Please subscribe!
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WCSCanada Western Bat Program
Highlighting research from the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Western Bat Program and celebrating bat ecology and the diversity of bats in British Columbia and western Canada. Sister program to ...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
I think of these when I think of MB. And ducks. Lots of ducks.
Batsby the Hoary Bat roosting on a green-leaved twig. A beautiful bat with brown and black wings, a yellow-furred ruff around it's brown face, small round ears and body fur that is cinnamon coloured with frosted tips. PHoto: Cory Olson/WCSCanada
January 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Ahead of #BatWeek, help us reach our $10,000 goal to keep bats, and the ecosystems they support, alive and thriving in Canada.

💚 Watch the video + donate: https://f.mtr.cool/aeiekbezap

#WildlifeConservation #ProtectBats #WCSCanada
October for Bats 2025
Throughout October, join WCS Canada in a vital mission to protect one of nature’s most misunderstood and essential creatures: bats. Let's put the "fun" in fundraising and help protect these nighttime heroes!
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October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
We've updated our Western Bat Program YouTube Channel playlists to capture some of the videos that have featured our team over the past few years! Feel free to rummage & give the bat channel a follow while you are there! 🦇
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WCSCanada Western Bat Program
Highlighting research from the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Western Bat Program and celebrating bat ecology and the diversity of bats in British Columbia and western Canada. Sister program to ...
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May 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
drsabinemetzger.bsky.social
🦇🦇🦇 #BatsInArtSpecial Some bat (& bat related) sound on this first day of the year!
3. A Silver-haired vocalist from Alberta (produced by Lasionycteris noctivagans!)
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Singing Silver-haired Bats!
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
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January 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
It's funny when you start thinking about insectivores too - and the species overlaps. Got into a great conversation with another WCSCanada colleague at a staff meeting about sturgeon. Fish are dependent on aquatic insects - but the bats rely on the same populations when they are emergent!
December 12, 2024 at 6:55 PM
soltysketches.bsky.social
We doing the thing!!!

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World Cosplay Summit Canada on Instagram: "–Des équipes des Préliminaires canadiens de 2026– Voici Team Isekai! GoBeyond Cosplay (@gobeyond.cosplay) et SoltySketches (@soltysketches) Venez encourager...
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July 24, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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#WORKSHOPS!
#kitimatbc #Terrace #princerupertbc
Come learn about bats with us! Three 1-day workshops in northern BC. An intro to bat ecology & research techniques. Free events - please register so we can be properly prepared for everyone! Registration is open now Please share!🦇
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Let's Talk Bats! We depend on them, yet they are in trouble. What can we do? Come join us for a free 1-day workshop. 3 locations to choose from. Kitimat - Monday Aug 18, 2025 Kitamaat Valley Education Society 1352 Alexander Ave. Optional evening field sessions TBD. Terrace - Aug 20 2025, Coast Mountain College, Waap Sa'mn (House o Spruce) Room 101/102 5331 McConnell Ave. Optional evening field sessions TBD. Prince Rupert - Aug 22 2025, Nisga'a Hall 860 3 Ave W, Optional evening field session TBD. Information-sharing, Break-out sessions, Light Lunch and snack provided. Optional evening equipment demos and acoustic bat walks - use a bat detector! WCS Canada Western Bat Program - learn from the leading bat research and conservation team in Canada. Dr. Cori Lausen, workshop facilitator, is the Director o the Bat Conservation for Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and the lead author of RBCM's Bats of British Columbia - a field guide for 18 species of bats and their acoustics. See QR code or go to https://tinyurl.com/WCSCanada for the registration form.
July 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
albertabats.bsky.social
Unfortunately, for migratory bats, current practices by the wind industry are a significant threat. We are NOT against wind energy, we just want them to mitigate properly to reduce the #s of bats killed each year. At this rate, we ARE looking at extinctions in our life time
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The Hidden Cost of Wind Energy — and How We Can Fix It
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
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June 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🎥 WCSCanada Western Bat Program posted a video
The Hidden Cost of Wind Energy — and How We Can Fix It
Wind energy is essential for a cleaner future, but at what cost to wildlife? Every year, wind turbines kill over 1 million bats in the U.S. and Canada alone, with migratory species like the Hoary Bat, Silver-haired Bat, and Eastern Red Bat at the greatest risk. These nocturnal creatures are drawn to turbines, mistaking them for tall trees, leading to mass fatalities. Wind energy and bat conservation do not have to be in conflict. Solutions exist, we just need to implement them. TAKE ACTION - Learn more about bat conservation: www.albertabats.ca/wind/ - Share this video to raise awareness - Support policies that require bat-friendly wind energy solutions 📸 Image Credit: Eastern Red Bat photo by Jared Hobbs #Bats #WindEnergy #Conservation #Biodiversity #WildlifeProtection #CleanEnergy #Sustainability
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May 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM