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@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 1:30 AM

It's time for announcing the giveaway winners, randomly chosen from all who've interacted with our posts today!

Tonight's giveaway prizes are: 2 sets of BMW stickers, 2 @browningtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams, & 1 BMW T-shirt! #BMW2026Innovate #BMW2026 #BlackSky

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 11:15 PM

#BMW2026Innovate 💡 Dr. Tommy Parker used Anabat echolocation technology & global positioning satellites across 13 national forests to analyze #bat habitats to establish ecological baselines used to guide landscape scale management plans to fight white-nose syndrome in bats. #BlackMammalogists 🧪 🦇 🌎️

Report cover for USDA Forest Service Region 9 detailing habitat assessments of bat echolocation survey transects, featuring a map highlighting National Forests (green) and urban connection cities across the Great Lakes and Northeastern U.S., with authorship and title text.

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 10:15 PM

@dnlee5.bsky.social is a Mammalogy Professor. She & her students use motion-activated game cameras to study small mammals, which normally can’t be detected by these cameras. They make pass-through arenas from buckets, pointing the lens down to capture images & videos of field mice. #BMW2026Innovate

Person in teal coveralls and a wide-brim hat setting up a multi-tiered white insect monitoring trap mounted on a camo-wrapped tube and wooden base in a grassy field, gesturing while speaking.

Small brown rodent seen from above inside a white bucket, nibbling birdseed from a shallow dish at the bottom.

Three-panel sequence showing assembly of a bucket-based field apparatus: (a) top view of a small electronic module mounted inside a white bucket on a plywood base, (b) side view with three stacked buckets mounted over a faux-bark cylindrical sleeve on the base, (c) same setup with the top bucket

Stacked plastic buckets wrapped with black mesh and topped by frayed black fabric, placed on a wooden board amid tall summer grass in a sunlit meadow with trees in the background.

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 9:30 PM

🐘 💡 Trust, treats, and a whistle! I’m Alexis Jones, a mammal keeper at Zoo Atlanta. I use a whistle to mark successful behaviors during positive reinforcement training, helping elephants and meerkats voluntarily participate in daily care and health exams. #BMW2026Innovate #BlackMammalogists 🧪 🌍️

Elephant in a wired enclosure being trained by a zoo keeper with a long stick as the elephant lifts their trunk and displays its tusks.

An elephant in a fenced enclosure lifts a front foot and extends their trunk as the keeper holds a long stick and a green bucket.

A long metal whistle, on a backdrop of a flier with elephants on it

Green bucket containing cantaloupe chunks, carrot, broccoli, apple pieces and seeds

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 8:30 PM

Traditional mobile telemetry systems require vehicle modifications. Dr. Tommy Parker developed a rooftop Detachable Mobile and Adjustable Telemetry System that allows antenna control from inside the vehicle without permanent modifications—ideal for shared research vehicles! #BMW2026Innovate 🧪 🐾

Two vehicles fitted with tall pole-mounted multi‑element antennas for radio telemetry shown side-by-side against a brick building (left) and trees/parking garage (right).

Roof-mounted Yagi antenna schematic with numbered callouts showing a vertical mast secured through a roof plate, a rotator near the top, a horizontal boom with multiple angled elements, roof mounting clamps, and a coax cable routed down the mast.

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 7:30 PM

💡 Next up for #BMW2026Innovate: In this @americanscientist.org article, @amanatiala.bsky.social explores how scientists are using eDNA- collected from air, water, fur, & even bloodsucking leeches - to detect elusive wildlife without disturbing them! 🧪 🌍️

drive.google.com/file/d/1bORM...

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 6:30 PM

Corina Newsome, an avian ecologist at @nwf.org, used a modified Hunt Trap to monitor mammalian predator activity & diversity in salt marshes. She faced cameras toward the ground, elevated them on PVC to avoid high tides, & used fish scents to draw mammals in. #BMW2026Innovate #BlackMammalogists🧪

A small nocturnal mammal with glowing eyes peers into a cylindrical trail camera tube, its body and surrounding tall grass visible in low-light infrared.

White PVC multi-pronged marker wrapped with black tape standing in a muddy salt marsh among tall grasses beside a shallow tidal channel, marking a field research monitoring spot.

Camouflage trail camera centered inside a white circular opening, showing multiple lens and sensor holes and a short mounting strap at the top.

Nocturnal mammal with reflective eyes and a long bushy tail peering into a round pipe opening amid dry reeds, captured by a trail camera at night.

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 5:37 PM

Don't forget to post your solutions to our puzzle and word search for today - tag us to be entered into the daily raffle!

🧩Puzzle: tinyurl.com/BMW2026Puzzl...
🔎Word search: tinyurl.com/BMW2026Searc...

#BlackMammalogists #BMW2026Innovate

a puzzle with a mammal on it, not completed

a word search with mammal themed questions

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 5:00 PM

Today’s puzzles! #BMW2026Innovate

JIGSAW puzzel.org/en/jigsaw/pl...

WORD SEARCH: wordsearchlabs.com/embed/1884032

Don’t forget to tag us if you complete a puzzle and get entered into a giveaway. #BlackSky

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 3:30 PM

💡 For today's theme - #BMW2026Innovate - we'll be highlighting cool tech & methods used in mammal-related work! First up: In 2025 Dr. Nyeema Harris & team used #DNA #metabarcoding to provide the first comprehensive survey of West African #lion parasites.🐛 🧪 🌍️

environment.yale.edu/news/article...

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 2:00 AM

Tomorrow at 10 am PST we are collaborating again with @EBTSOYP.bsky.social to discuss mammals & birds with two field biologists! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And if you use any interesting tech to study mammals, make sure to share with #BMW2026Innovate #BlackSky

mammals & birds, not so different after all? join julian nesbitt and dr. cesar estien, two field biologists to hear stories of mammals & their connection to their much older cousins, the birds. wednesday oct. 14th, at 10am PST.

@blackmammalogists.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:42 PM

WEDNESDAY: #BMW2026Innovate

Innovation in thought, method, & tech drives our understanding of mammals! With Cesar Estien & Julian Nesbitt learn how similar mammals & birds are. You'll see mammals differently!