Reporting on Your Bat Roost

A Few Notes

If you are reporting on a bat house, make sure you have registered your bat house with us. Or, if you are reporting a bat that is not in a roost, please submit the observation to iNaturalist.ca instead.

Be sure to check out CWF’s roost monitoring protocol to learn how and when to properly survey your bat roost. Observation protocol >

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Reporting on Your Bat Roost

Participant Information: Personal information will be securely stored with the Canadian Wildlife Federation and not shared with any other organization. Bat house data and monitoring results may be shared with partners for research purposes, but personal identifying information will be removed.

* Indicates required field.

(Use the name you gave the bat house when you originally registered.)

* Roost Type

If you selected "Other" for the above question, please describe the roost:

* What method did you use to monitor the roost?

* Do you know the species present?

* Date of observation (mm/dd/yyyy):

*Time the first bat was seen:

* Time the last bat was seen:

Weather

Clear

Overcast

Raining

Wind condition

No wind

Breezy

Strong winds

Have there ever been signs of heat stress in the roost? (bats roosting near the bottom of a bat house, bulging out the bottom, outside the roost, or on the ground underneath the roost?)

Have you ever seen dead bats near your bat house, or on your property?

Have you ever seen any other species making use of your bat house (wasps, squirrels, snakes, mice, birds, etc.)?

What kind?

Reporting on Your Bat Roost

A Few Notes

Reporting on Your Bat Roost

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