Learn how to properly use mist-nets and how to remove and safely handle bats, learn characteristics for identifying Neotropical bats and proper processing skills, learn how to record and use bat echolocation calls as a survey technique including the basics of bat detectors and acoustic monitoring, and brush up on your bat photography skills. The instructor, Donald Solick, is a wildlife biologists with WEST, Inc. (www.west-inc.com) and offers 20 years of experience in the field of bat ecology and conservation (http://www.west-inc.com/services/bat-research-and-monitoring/). Having worked extensively in Central America and currently composing a book on Central American bat species, we present the unique experience of lecture learning and hands on practical study in this 4 day intensive internship.

Learn bird banding techniques from certified trainers including practical skills such as banding, mist net use, species identification and bird extraction, along with valuable information in lectures regarding the proper ageing and sexing criteria for many species, molt strategy and Pyle.