Discover Bats Ohio

09/14/2026

Discover Bats Ohio is excited to announce a new partnership with our friends at DarkSky Ohio. We will be sharing the benefits and materials (starting this weekend) of Dark Skies and also sharing the benefits of bats at some of their future programming. DarkSky International and DarkSky Ohio are both great organizations and we look forward to future collaborations.

https://www.facebook.com/DarkSkyOhio

DarkSky Ohio supports efforts to protect Ohio's nighttime environment from light pollution through responsible outdoor lighting.

09/11/2026

So many amazing things about this! The benefit to bats to increase resilience to this fungus, plus one of the first fungal vaccines in any application, and delivered orally not a shot. Kudos to all the great people who developed this and verified its effectiveness and safety!

Since its emergence in 2006, white-nose syndrome (WNS) continues to spread in North America and has substantially impacted hibernating bat populations, contributing to declines of over 90% in northern long-eared (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown (Myotis lucifugus), and tri-colored bat (Perimyot...

08/21/2026

Just in time for the Columbus ArborFest, Why big old trees matter to Ohio's bats. Click this link for a printable version. Find this and more on our new Discover Bats Ohio Resource page.

https://discoverbatsohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bat_Tree_Roost_ArborFest_Flyer.pdf

08/17/2026

We have just updated our list of children's books on bats. Check out https://discoverbatsohio.com/resources/ or stop by one of our events/programs - we carry these titles with us. Also see how to check out these titles at your local library. Happy reading 📖😊

08/17/2026

Learning from failures and listening to the noise. A few nights ago we headed out in search of greater bat diversity. We regularly conduct Ohio Acoustic Bat Transects for several routes, but I was looking for more bats and more diverse bats. Using NABat Protocols but creating our own (not a GRTS Cell), we ran the route in this map and found almost exclusively Big Brown Bats... the most common bat in Ohio. Though happy to see them, this was not what I was looking for. However, I had be sensing that the realtime triggering had been struggling with IDing calls particularly with the late summer insect noise. As a result rather than discarding "noise," I set the software to keep noise files for later analysis. Using the desktop software the next morning, we found that two-thirds of these IDs (and good ones) came for the noise files when more time to process a call, and with a greater degree of insect and other noise filters can be applied. Lesson learned - I will always save the noise files. If you are interested in learning more about Getting Started in Bat Acoustic Monitoring (link in the comments), see our flier that was released just recently at the 2026 Ohio BatBlitz in Toledo. Never hesitate to reach out if you have any question.

Cartner-CVNP Bat Transect Map

08/15/2026

Have a sick or injured bat? Find an Ohio Licensed Bat Rehabber in your area by clicking this map. Click here to download a list https://tinyurl.com/OhioBatRehabbersList This Bats Only information is compiled from the Official ODNR Listing (below)

Click here for the map - https://tinyurl.com/OhioBat-Rehabbers2026 or see https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/wildlife/orphaned-injured

Created by Discover Bats Ohio LLC, August 2026 from data from the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Ohio_DOW_Wildlife_Rehabilitators_2026-2027.xls, for full information, please see https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/wildlife/orphaned-injured or https://www.owra.org

08/12/2026

More great benefits of bat programs and walks.

More communities have clamoured to host these bat walks, and the UW Biodiversity Institute aims to fulfill.

08/07/2026

Join us August 19th in Mahoning County for OCVN Continuing Education Credits and a fun evening of Ohio's Bats: The Master Class. Always great to work with these people and our fellow Nature Nerd peeps 😁🦇

Sign up now - Registration is required. See you there!

https://shorturl.at/P2KLS