Clarissa Starbuck @Clar_Starbuck
I am a postdoc at the University of Illinois studying bats, and I love getting outside to see wildlife. clarissastarbuck.weebly.com Champaign, IL Joined July 2014-
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We're excited to be joining @NilsBouillard to hear from @TessaRhinehart w/ @KitzesLab & @Clar_Starbuck w/ @IllinoisNRES on today's session of the Online AudioMoth Conference 🎟️🐦🐟🦇🐸🔊: batacoustics.com/offers/7oL5GRg… @OpenAcoustics
The schedule for the #audiomoth online #conference is out. Don't miss this fantastic learning/inspiration opportunity! Please RT to the #bioacoustics community. @groupgetscom @WILDLABSNET #tech4nature
Happy Bat Week!! 🦇
It was so neat to be able to visit @AustinBatRefuge while I was in town for the big bat conference a couple of weeks ago! They are taking wonderful care of some really great bats!
Watching the bats fly out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge was pretty spectacular, but getting to see them return in the morning was special too. It looked like it was raining bats! What a great way to start each morning and end each day at the #IBRC2022.
Does bats exclusion create trophic cascades in temperate forests? Yes! Bat excluded plots had over 5x more defoliation and 3x greater insect density. Evidence bat declines will cause cascading negative effects on forest health. Talk by Elizabeth Beilke at #ibrc2022
We were graced with a beautiful hoary bat and his adorable toes on the last night of summer netting.
I did not anticipate that @TheRock would be so helpful in keeping my baby happy during diaper changes. Thank you.
This big, feisty gartersnake and I startled each other when I was out walking at a rest stop with the family. Oliver's first snake!
Happy #BatAppreciationDay and Easter! Stuart, the almost 20-year-old cat, likes my bat egg.
Hello #ScienceTwitter - POC in Wildlife now has our first iteration of a website🥳Please check it out here, share widely, and add yourself if applicable! This database serves to elevate the work & research of POC in all wildlife-related fields. 👇🏽👇🏽 pocinwildlifeeco.wixsite.com/home
i'm recruiting a MS or PhD student to work on bat migration, immunology, and infectious disease to start in Fall 2022 at @OU_Biology. support includes at least one year of RA funding followed by TAs. get in touch for more information, and please RT! apps are due 12/1.
Think bats are scary? Even scarier is the thought of a world without bats! Today bats need our help more than ever as they face a range of conservation challenges & population declines. Hop on the bat appreciation train this week by following #BatWeek ❤️🦇🦇🦇❤️ (Pic: hoary bat)
Did you know we can identify bat species by sound? Open-space foragers use lower-pitched & longer calls, while species that forage in dense forest have higher-pitched & steeper calls. Here's calls from a big brown bat & an Indiana bat. #BatWeek
Different bat species use the landscape in different ways. Using tiny GPS "backpacks," we can follow bats and get detailed information on their habitat use. Penelope the big brown bat (pictured) did not seem to mind the new gadget! 🦇🛰️🚜 #BatWeek @HunninckLouis @joyofbats
Could bats lead us to the fountain of youth? 🤔In Wisconsin, a little brown bat banded during 1983 was resighted in 2015, making it 32 years old! 😮Studying this incredible longevity could unlock mysteries into our own aging process! 🦇#BatWeek (Pic: banded tri-colored bat)
Bats are long-lived mammals for their size and reproduce slowly. Many species have one baby, or pup, a year. But the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus), pictured here, can sometimes have twins. The pups are big at birth and are about one quarter of the mother’s weight! 🦇 #BatWeek
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6 Followers 141 Following Biology student at Carleton College Born at 371 ppmAsh Cable 🦇🌿☕.. @AshBCable
474 Followers 381 Following She/her/hers | PhD Candidate | School of Natural Resources | Knoxville, TN, USA | Currently studying various things about bats. I like to rollerblade.David Granucci @DavidGranucci1
84 Followers 313 FollowingAustin Bat Refuge @AustinBatRefuge
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383 Followers 4K Following Diagnostic & Research Virology laboratory- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya.Synapsids on the wing.. @PsychicHelem
287 Followers 1K Following painted, wrote poetry, indulged in philosophy, Explored the field of superconsciousness. Now is infatuated with zoology and likes the creation of nature.Cecilia Montauban �.. @CmMontauban
2K Followers 1K Following Bat biologist & @imperialcollege President’s PhD scholar @NHM_London 🦇 🌳 🧬 | 🇵🇪 Ambassador @globalsouthbats | student rep @GlobalBatNetJoshua Willems @JoshuaWillems2
217 Followers 295 Following PhD student @UofNH studying small mammal population and community ecology | MS from @CalPoly studying sensory ecology | CA native | He/HimJulianna Mendez @mariejulianna_
352 Followers 899 Following PhD student with @HokeCSU | 👩🏻🔬🧠 🐁🐸🐍 | studying communication in tropical frogsClaw @JarClaw
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550 Followers 583 Following Bat researcher and caver at @nmnhs and @BgSciencesBAS #Bats, #ecology, #physiology, #diseases, #morphology, #monitoring, #conservation, #agingOpen Acoustic Devices @OpenAcoustics
4K Followers 2K Following Creators of the #AudioMoth. Follow us for updates on the device and our work in conservation technology.BatsRule.com🦇🐾 @Bats_Rule
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13K Followers 2K Following #betterposter guy. PhD in #WorkPsychology. Trying to bring #UXDesign to science | 🎥 2min talk: https://t.co/aCXotlJWzD | 📝Lead UX @curvenote |Global South Bats @globalsouthbats
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182 Followers 574 Following PhD Researcher @uglosbioscience @uniofglos | Tech-based survey techniques for UK mammals | Ecologist 🦇🍃 | Equestrian 🐎 | Border Collie owner 🐾Alex Rogers @alex_rogers_cs
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164 Followers 856 Following Grad Student at UIUC- modeling bat habitat suitability // PCT thru-hiker 2019 // she, her, hersShocked and heartbroken to hear of Matt Gompper's passing. Matt was the entire reason I got into mammal ecology after he gave me the opportunity to teach with him at @Mizzou. He was an incredibly kind, supportive, hilarious, and nurturing mentor. He will be missed.
Heartbroken to write this tweet announcing the death of Matt Gompper @coatiwhispereryester yesterday due to a rapid series of surprising health conditions. Matt was an incredible father, husband, friend and conservation scientist and will be greatly missed.
Today my department gathered to mourned the loss of our chair, colleague, and friend, @coatiwhisperer. We are still in shock and missing his calm and hopeful presence. He did so much for our department and I will miss him dearly.
It has been a really hard and emotional week here. It's hard to put it into words how much we'll miss Matt.
Today my department gathered to mourned the loss of our chair, colleague, and friend, @coatiwhisperer. We are still in shock and missing his calm and hopeful presence. He did so much for our department and I will miss him dearly.
Come work with us!
Are you a bat-lover looking for a career involved in bat research? Then look no further than our new position as Bat Hub Coordinator: abmi.ca/home/careers/c… Deadline to apply is Feb 21, 2024. Photo: Charles Francis #JobOpportunity #AlbertaJobs #Bats #BatMonitoring
Currently in San Jose, Costa Rica for the @globalsouthbats conservation :). It is time for scientists and conservationists from Asia, Africa, and South America to convene, connect, and lead conservation in our regions
Favorite bat photos of 2023 🦇♥️
Good stuff this morning. Had to get the dog out for a walk in this burst of bigger flakes. ❄️🦮
Personal news (!): two weeks ago, I gladly accepted @John_L_Field's proposal after waking up from a trail nap and finding a ring in our bag of grapes. We celebrated with some salamanders in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I have a wonderful partner 🥰
IT'S BAT WEEK 🦇 Bats are big, bats are small; bat in the hand, bat on the wall. Bats are social... Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) roost in huge colonies - sometimes numbering into the millions - in caves and bridges.
IT'S BAT WEEK 🦇 Bats are big, bats are small; Bat in the hand, bat on the wall... You won't usually find the eastern small-footed bat (Myotis leibii) on the wall, tho - natural habitat is in rock crevices. They're the smallest bats in IL (found in southern IL). @joyofbats
“Bats are not rodents; they are much more like us.” – U of I Assistant Professor Joy O’Keefe celebrates Bat Week on the Big 89 | WLS-AM 890 | WLS-AM wlsam.com/2023/10/27/bat…
IT'S BAT WEEK 🦇 Bats are big, bats are small; bat in the hand...Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus): found throughout the US & lots of character. BBBs provide many ecological services, dining on spotted cucumber beetles, scarab beetles, stinkbugs, leafhoppers, & more! @joyofbats
IT'S BAT WEEK 🦇 "Bats are large..." The hoary bat (Lasiurus cinerus) is the largest bat in the Midwest. Rarely seen since it mostly flies above the tree canopy, it's a long-distance migrant. @joyofbats & her team caught this one in MO during summer field work. #BatWeek
IT'S BAT WEEK 🦇 "Bats are large..." The Madagascan flying fox (Pteropus rufus) is the largest bat in Madagascar. #BatWeek
I'll be running an US\Canada acoustic bat blitz in coordination with visualize.batamp.databasin.org/species details to follow.
#BatWeek2023 is on its way! Have you thought of something fun to do to celebrate? batweek.org has lots of suggestions on ways to celebrate! Let us know your plans! It's time to go batty! #BatsNeedFriends
Overheard in Urbana this weekend: "Hello, I'd like to talk to you about your car's extended warranty..."
I'm currently in Seychelles, kicking off a large scale bat acoustic survey to hopefully find new locations for the critically endangered Coleura seychellensis. Unfortunately, I have to confess that the locations I have to visit to deploy recorders are pretty horrendous!