Welcome to the 2020 Virtual Mist Net Event, hosted by the Mississippi Bat Working Group. Join us throughout the week of October 24-31 to learn more about Mississippi’s bats.
2020 Virtual Mist Net Event
You can help support the Mississippi Bat Working Group by purchasing a mist net event t-shirt. Click here to fill out an order form. Once you submit your form you can mail your payment or we will send you a secure Paypal link to pay online.
Day One: Welcome to the Mississippi Bat Working Group! Group chair Becky Rosamond introduces the group and explains how our virtual mist net event compares to our traditional annual events. Thanks for watching and come back tomorrow to see content on basic bat biology and a species profile of the Eastern red bat.
Day 2: Chester Martin discusses basic bat biology in two video shorts and Amber Floyd introduces the Eastern red bat.
Day 3: Deb Davis and Dr. Nicole Hodges, both Mississippi Bat Working Group members from the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science join the virtual mist net event today. Deb discusses some of the fascinating adaptations bats use to survive, and Nicole explains where bats naturally occur and where they have adapted to use manmade structures.
Day 4: Alison McCartney and Katelin Cross describe the different tools researchers use to capture bats and collect data before releasing them back into the wild.
Day 5: Kris Godwin of USDA Wildlife Services explains how to prevent bats from roosting in your home and how to safely and ethically remove bats if they do find their way into a building.
Day 6: Kelly Morris of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services shares tips and best practices for bat boxes and Becky Rosamond introduces the evening bat, a common bat house visitor.
Day 7: Dr. Nicole Hodges explains how viruses like rabies and coronavirus impacts both bats and humans. Then, Becky Rosamond provides a species profile of the Southeastern myotis, a species closely tied to Mississippi’s bottomland hardwood forests.
Day 8: Happy Halloween! It’s the last day of our virtual mist net event. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoyed the videos. We wrap up the event with another pair of videos by Dr. Nicole Hodges and Becky Rosamond. Dr. Hodges explains how two diseases – white nose syndrome and histoplasmosis – are caused by fungi. Then Becky provides a species profile of tricolored bats.
Related: 2024 MIST NET EVENT
Learn more about public procurement resources at USA.gov.
Related: 2018 Culvert Blitz
Related: Annual Meetings
Related: 14th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 11th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 12th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 13th Mist Net Event
Related: 10th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: MBWG Member Registration
Related: 3rd Annual Mist Net Event
Related: Resources
Related: Thank You For Your Donation
Related: Support Our Work
Related: Upcoming Events
Related: For Teachers
Related: Bats of Mississippi
Related: 2026 SBDN Bat Blitz Registration
Related: Register Now for 2025 Mist Net Event
Related: Celebrate Bats Every Day with a T-shirt
Related: Register for the 4th Annual Bridge Blitz
Related: 21st Annual Mist Net Event
Related: Save the Date! 21st Annual Mist Net Event
Related: “Let’s Get Batty!” Teacher Workshops
Related: 2024 Annual Meeting at MSU
Related: Bat Workshop with MSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Related: Thanks to All of Our 2023 Mist Net Event Participants!.
Related: Register Now! 2023 Mist Net Event
Related: 2023 Annual Meeting
Related: MBWG on MPB’s Mississippi Roads!
Related: April 6, 2023 – Save the Date for Our Annual Meeting!
Related: 19th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: White-nose Syndrome Detected in Mississippi
Related: Register Now: 2022 Mist Net Event
Related: Save the Date – March 24 Membership Meeting
Related: Save the Date! March 9-10, 2022 Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Virtual Meeting
Related: 1st Annual Bridge Blitz
Related: Register Now for 18th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: Welcome to our 2020 Virtual Mist Net Event
Related: Order Your Virtual Mist Net Event Shirt Now!
Related: Join MBWG for a Virtual Mist Net Event
Related: Mississippi Bat Conservation Strategy
Related: Bats are Pollinators!
Related: 2020 Annual Meeting of the MBWG
Related: Annual Meeting February 6 at MMNS
Related: Kathy Shelton Memorial Fundraiser
Related: 16th Annual MBWG Mist Net Event
Related: Mist Netting at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center
Related: MBWG at Earth Day BioBlitz
Related: 2019 Annual Meeting
Related: MBWG’s 15th Annual Mist Net Event September 25-26
Related: MS Museum of Natural Science and US Fish and Wildlife Service Partner to Protect Bat Habitat
Related: B.A.T.S Workshop
Related: July 23 Bats of Tennessee Lecture
Related: 2018 Membership Meeting
Related: NatureFest
Related: Annual Meeting at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
Related: Creature Comforts Answers Your Bat Questions
Related: Park After Dark
Related: Wildlife Outdoor Learning Festival at Noxubee NWR
Related: 13th Annual MBWG Mist Net Event
Related: Third Annual Multi-State Bat Blitz
Related: The Amazing World of Bats
Related: Trace Festival
Related: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Noontime Luncheon Lecture
Related: NatureFest
Related: 14th Annual Meeting
Related: 12th Annual MBWG Mist Net Event
Related: 13th Annual Meeting
Related: 12th Annual Meeting
Related: 11th Annual Meeting
Related: 9th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 10th Annual Meeting
Related: Scouting for Bats
Related: 8th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 9th Annual Meeting
Related: 7th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 8th Annual Meeting
Related: 6th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 7th Annual Meeting
Related: 5th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 6th Annual Meeting
Related: 4th Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 5th Annual Meeting
Related: 4th Annual Meeting
Related: 2nd Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 3rd Annual Meeting
Related: 1st Annual Mist Net Event
Related: 2nd Annual Meeting
Related: 1st Annual Meeting