Vesper Bat Detection Services - Courses For Those Working With American Bat Species

Vesper Bat Detection Services - Courses For Those Working With American Bat Species. This post will give you an idea of the online courses available from Vesper.

I had the opportunity to attend both:

• The Echolocation 101 / Best Practices for Acoustic Monitoring.*
• The Acoustic ID of Eastern US/Canada Bats (All 20 Species!). 

* The Echolocation 101 Course is a pre-requisite for attending the other courses (namely, the Acoustic ID courses).

Both courses were very well-presented, by Donald Solick; with excellent support by Satya Glaser.

Vesper Bat Acoustic Surveys Link.

There were 6 courses in total. Among the other courses available, was:

'SonoBat Beginner' 

SonoBat looks like an interesting software platform; I've dabbled with it a bit in the past. I would've considered this course, but the truth is: I can't afford SonoBat software; so I skipped it.

For those who were interested in pursuing SonoBat Software further, and/or possibly choosing it as their main platform: Vesper Bats & SonoBat worked-out a deal, which would allow attending students to try-out a full-functioning version, for a limited time. That was nice.

These courses were designed to insure that you are fully prepared for your next US-Based Bat Acoustics Survey.

You get an emailed certificate of attendance indicating the courses you took.

 

All Attendees are provided with access to recorded material for future reference. As well as some useful documents and charts, which would be helpful for going back to again as a refresher.

Spring Bat Acoustics Training - Have a look at the classes coming up in April 2023!

I urge you to visit the websites, and see what's available - Just at a glance for now:

6 Options!

Apr 22, 10-1 ET: Echo 101 & Best Practices (required for ID classes; $75)
Apr 22, 3-5 ET: SonoBat Beginner ($50)
Apr 23, 9-12, 2-5 ET: Acoustic ID of Eastern Species ($150)
Apr 29, 9-12, 2-5 PT: Acoustic ID of Western Species ($150)
Apr 30, 11-1 ET: SonoBat Advanced ($50)
Apr 30, 3-5 ET: Group Share and Review of Your Calls ($50)