Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)
Previously known as the northern long-eared bat, the currently named northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) is a forest bat mostly of the eastern US.
This bat is easy to catch in mist nets in forests during the summer, but hard to find hibernating during the winter (where do they all go?). This creates a particular difficulty in trying to figure out whether it is common (as summer captures in particular habitats suggest) or rare (as winter surveys suggest).
But certainly they are part of the great die-off of bats due to White Nose Syndrome, and their numbers are declining.
This bat is easy to catch in mist nets in forests during the summer, but hard to find hibernating during the winter (where do they all go?). This creates a particular difficulty in trying to figure out whether it is common (as summer captures in particular habitats suggest) or rare (as winter surveys suggest).
But certainly they are part of the great die-off of bats due to White Nose Syndrome, and their numbers are declining.
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