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Bats at Mount Auburn Cemetery Boston Biodiversity Consortium Spring meeting April 4, 2018 Presented by: Christopher Richardson, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics at Lesley University Contact:

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Bats at Mount Auburn Cemetery Boston Biodiversity Consortium Spring meeting April 4, 2018

Presented by:

  • Christopher Richardson, Ph.D.

– Senior Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics at Lesley University – Contact: cricha12@lesley.edu and 617-953-2428

  • Regina Harrison

– Mount Auburn Cemetery – Executive Assistant and Sales Coordinator

  • Sarah Kinicki
  • Lesley University students
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Urban Wildlife Refuges

80% of the world’s population currently living in urban areas Models for successful urban wildlife refuges are desperately needed Cemeteries are an overlooked potential wildlife refuge common to most cities

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Mount Auburn Cemetery

175-acre site “Silent City” : 98,000 people buried or commemorated Founders envisioned it as a garden cemetery Unique and iconic urban ecosystem Commitment to sustainability

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Biodiversity survey: Bats

  • Acoustic detection
  • Mist netting
  • Identifying flight corridors
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Narcissus Path Landscape Area and Included Sites

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Halcyon Lake Landscape Area and Included Sites

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Auburn Lake Landscape Area and Included Sites

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Mist Net

  • Photo by Bat Conservation and Management
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Evidence of bats at Mt Auburn Cemetery

  • Big brown bat: acoustic detection, visual

confirmation, live capture

  • Eastern red bat: acoustic detection, visual

confirmation, almost live capture (once)

  • Hoary bat: acoustic detection
  • Little brown myotis: acoustic detection
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eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)

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Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)

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Myotis lucifugus (the little brown myotis)

  • Photo by Thomas Kunz
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Average Calls per Month by Time Band for All Sites, Narcissus Path

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Average Calls per Month by Time Band for All Sites, Halcyon Lake

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Average Calls per Month by Time Band for All Sites, Auburn Lake

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Average Calls by Time Band for Three Landscape Areas, July 2017 Blue = Halcyon Lake Orange = Narcissus Path Grey = Auburn Lake

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Average Calls by Time Band for Three Landscape Areas, August 2017 Blue = Halcyon Lake Orange = Narcissus Path Grey = Auburn Lake

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Average Calls by Time Band for Three Landscape Areas, September 2017 Blue = Halcyon Lake Orange = Narcissus Path Grey = Auburn Lake

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Average Calls for Selected Specific Sites by Time Band, July

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Average Calls for Selected Specific Sites by Time Band, August

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Average Calls for Selected Specific Sites by Time Band, September