ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 9月26日 12時49分

On the deserted edge of Freshkills on Staten Island, once the site of the world’s largest dump, winged shadows swooped through night sky one recent night. Danielle Fibikar, a wildlife biologist and educator, was netting bats so they could be identified, weighed, measured and checked for what could be a fatal fungus. For what they lack in cuddly charm, bats are also essential to ecosystems as pollinators and agricultural pest-eaters. 9 species are known to migrate to NYC during the summer. That’s good news for New Yorkers: A single little brown bat can devour up to 100% of its body weight in insects — mosquitoes included. Danielle’s work represents some of the first systematic data ever collected on bats in NYC. It’s a small but important addition to a body of bat knowledge that is growing only now, as the fatal white nose syndrome threatens bat populations across North America. For researchers, netting bats is a team effort. Our staff photographer @michelleagins photographed one bat as it was retrieved from a scientist’s net. Danielle likes to cup the bats’ bodies in hand while carefully unwinding the cord from their feet and wings. “Some of them are really stubborn,” she said. “But they’re so small, so delicate in my hands. You kind of fall in love.” Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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