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Training and Workshops
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Need training in bat capture,
acoustic techniques, or acoustic analysis?
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Working with bats is a specialized field. As the demand increases for environmental assessments to include bat survey and monitoring, you or your company may find the need to acquire training for your staff in working with bats and the associated technologies and equipment.
Cori Lausen has teamed up with Kim Livengood to offer North American Anabat workshops for Titley Electronics.
For bookings, inquiries, or suggested workshop locations, please contact either Cori at
info@batsrus.ca or Kim at
km_livengood@yahoo.com.
Techniques Workshop
Techniques Training is a course designed to give a good overall understanding of Anabat use and call analysis. Students will learn to be confident in the use of the Anabat system and will gain a working understanding of acoustics to use the system effectively. Participants will gain theoretical understanding and hands on training with the Anabat detector in a number of field implementations and will learn how to manage Anabat data efficiently. Special attention will be given to developing the skills needed to interpret and identify recorded bat calls. A set of example calls of regional bats will be supplied to supplement calls collected by students during the class.
Using a Wildlife Acoustics SM2BAT unit? While this Techniques course focuses on Anabat, the acoustics principles taught in this course apply to other detectors also. Specifically, data collected by SM2BAT can be analyzed using AnalookW and therefore the instruction of this software applies to both Anabat and SM2BAT.
Topics to be covered:
- Anabat Applications (Active, Mobile, and Passive monitoring)
- How to make and use a reference call library
- Acoustics (nature of ultrasonic sounds)
- How bat behavior relates to the types of calls they use
- Understanding how bat detectors work
- Experimental Design
- AnalookW analysis software
- Understanding how to interpret AnalookW displays (what was the bat doing?)
- Philosophy of call ID (what interpretation is reasonable)
- How to identify bats of the region
Techniques Workshop full details.
AnalookW Analysis Workshop
New in Fall 2010! This workshop is geared to participants who have been working with Anabat, doing some analysis, but who are now faced with large datasets to analyze. This course teaches advanced Analook and analysis techniques.
Using a Wildlife Acoustics SM2BAT unit? Data collected by SM2BAT can be analyzed using AnalookW and therefore this analysis workshop applies to both Anabat and SM2BAT users.
Topics include:
- File management
- Advanced AnalookW Features
- Development and use of filters for automated call identification
- Scanning of datasets with multiple filters
- Summarizing of data content using various AnalookW and Microsoft Excel tools
Analysis Workshop full details.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
Anabat Acoustics Techniques Courses
Monday May 30, 10am – June 2, 1pm; Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, B.C. Canada.
Nestled between the Selkirk and Purcell Mountain ranges, this world-renowned wetland is foraging grounds for 11 bat species.
Lunch each day included. Two hour canoe trip included.
Registration $998.USD.
Check out the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
Monday 27 June , 10 am – 30 June, 1pm; Brazil, Indiana. Shared camp lodging and all meals provided.
Registration $1025 USD.
Tuesday 21 June, 10am - 24 June, 1pm; Boise, Idaho. Registration $950.
AnalookW Analysis Workshop
Monday September 27, 9am - Wednesday September 29, 2:30pm
Providence Renewal Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada
See full details on these new workshops here.
TENTATIVE FUTURE WORKSHOPS--Details forthcoming:
Fall 2011 - Analook Analysis- 2-3 workshops
tentative locations: Alberta, Canada; Wyoming, and/or NE US
COMPLETED WORKSHOPS:
10–14 April, 2011, Desert Studies Center, Baker CA--Techniques
18–21 April, 2011, Falling Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville TN--Techniques
1-3 March, 2011, Akron, Ohio--Analysis
18-21, January, 2011, Sacramento, California--Analysis
19-22 October 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada--Analysis
8-11 June 2010, Casper, Wyoming--Techniques
27-30 April 2010, Warsaw, Illinois--Techniques
For bookings, inquiries, or suggested workshop locations, please contact either Cori at
info@batsrus.ca or Kim at
km_livengood@yahoo.com.
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