Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy

I came across a very well done video on bats and the white nose syndrome. It talks about not only bats and the fungi but also what is being done to try to address the problem before it’s too late. It also talks about the role that bats have in our ecosystem and the impact of losing bats and other species that may die as a result of the loss of bats. It’s really an interesting video.

This disease has presented itself in Virginia, so this is definitely relevant to our Loudoun bats. Here’s the link where you can find the video: The Battle for Bats.

Just came across this You Tube video by Pat Sutton, helping to answer this question of “Where were all the butterflies?” this year:

Pat Sutton talks about butterflies

Meg Findley, David Ward and Otto Gutenson have collaborated to put on a series of five stream monitoring videos demonstrating the protocol that we use.

Each video is fairly short (about 2-3 minutes long).

As these were our first attempt at making videos (we won’t give up the day jobs just yet…) the audio quality isn’t as great as it could be. We were competing with the natural sounds of the stream and the cicadas. But, if you turn up your volume you should be able to hear Meg alright.

In the future we’ll make other videos that will support the bluebird monitoring and amphibian monitoring programs as well. 

Hope you enjoy these and find the information useful!

In this video, Meg Findley provides an overview of our stream monitoring protocol. 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAqLj3rHuLU

The summer cicadas were really loud when we recorded these videos but if you turn up the volume you should be able to hear Meg alright.

For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm

In this video, Meg provides an overview of the equipment used in stream monitoring.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ftiITxpEc

Remember to turn up the volume to hear Meg over the sounds of the cicadas.

For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm

In this video, Otto Gutenson and David Ward demonstrate how the stream sampling is done while Meg describes what they are doing and why.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7EZcJ408E

The audio in these videos could use improvement (summer cicadas were really loud when we recorded them). But if you turn up the volume you should be able to hear Meg alright.

For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm

In this video, Meg, Otto and David take a look at the creatures that were collected during the sampling and sort them into families.

 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkZFUxZXPA

Turn up the volume to hear Meg over the summer cicadas…

For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm

In this video, Meg talks about the data that we collect and what we do with it.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7TOdi_K3NY

Remember to turn up the volume to be able to hear the audio in this better.

For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm