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Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 31, Nov 2008 e Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 31, Nov 2008 The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter Number 35 November 2010 ABS Website: http://abs.ausbats.org.au ABS Listserver: http://listserv.csu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/abs ISSN 1448-5877 e Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 31, Nov 2008 The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 35, November 2010 – Instructions for Contributors – The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter will accept contributions under one of the following two sections: Research Papers, and all other articles or notes. There are two deadlines each year: 10th March for the April issue, and 10th October for the November issue. The Editor reserves the right to hold over contributions for subsequent issues of the Newsletter, and meeting the deadline is not a guarantee of immediate publication. Opinions expressed in contributions to the Newsletter are the responsibility of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australasian Bat Society, its Executive or members. For consistency, the following guidelines should be followed: • Emailed electronic copy of manuscripts or articles, sent as an attachment, is the preferred method of submission. Faxed and hard copy manuscripts will be accepted but reluctantly! Please send all submissions to the Newsletter Editor at the email or postal address below. • Electronic copy should be in 11 point Arial font, left and right justified with 16 mm left and right margins. Please use Microsoft Word; any version is acceptable. • Manuscripts should be submitted in clear, concise English and free from typographical and spelling errors. Please leave two spaces after each sentence. • Research Papers should include: Title; Names and affiliation of authors and an email address for corresponding author; Abstract (approx. 200 words); Introduction; Materials and methods; Results; Discussion; and References. References should conform to the Harvard System (author-date; see recent Newsletter issues for examples). • Technical notes, News, Notes, Notices, Art etc should include a Title; Names and affiliation of author(s) and an email address for the corresponding author. References should conform to the Harvard System (author-date). • All pages, figures and tables should be consecutively numbered and correct orientation must be used throughout. Metric units and SI units should be used wherever possible. • Some black and white photographs can be reproduced in the Newsletter after scanning and digital editing (consult the Editor for advice). Diagrams and figures should be submitted as ‘Camera ready’ copy, sized to fit on an A4 page, or electronically as TIFF, JPEG or BMP image files. Tables should be in a format suitable for reproduction on a single page. • Editorial amendments may be suggested and all articles will generally undergo some minor editing to conform to the Newsletter. • Please contact the Newsletter Editor if you need help or advice. • Advertising: please contact the editor for current advertising (half and full page) rates. President Secretary Newsletter Editor Michael Pennay Maree Kerr Susan Campbell Dept. Environment & Climate Change 72 Lee Steere Crescent Dept. Agriculture & Food PO Box 733 Kambah, ACT 2909 100 Bougainvillea Ave Queanbeyan, NSW 2620 Ph: +61 2 6296 4823 Forrestfield, WA 6058 Ph: +61 2 6298 9718 Fax:+61 2 6230 0544 Ph: +61 8 9366 2301 Fax: +61 2 6299 4281 Mobile: 0412 311 403 Fax: +61 8 9366 2342 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter is ISSN 1448-5877. Publishers contact address is PO Box 481, Lindfield, New South Wales 2070. - 3 - The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 35, November 2010 – Editorial – myriad of different types of critters’ foot prints on a sandy track at dawn one morning with Chris Grant and trying to work out what each one was and how the animal was moving. A true delight. Since the conference in Darwin I’ve been lucky to have spent 10 days in Borneo (mostly underwater), where I regretted not taking a bat detector as there was so much activity in the rainforests at night. After the fauna rich forests (and marine reserves) of Borneo, I spent four weeks in Italy where the only wildlife we spotted were goats, sheep, chickens and cows; but in some small way, the wine and cheese made up for this. The ‘bocca della veritá’ in Rome (‘mouth of truth’, pictured) didn’t bite my hand off when I told it I loved bats – so it must be true . I hope that you have a big cup / glass of your beverage of choice as you sit down and enjoy the G’day! wonderful stories and research captured in the following 86(!) pages. Ever wondered about Welcome to the 35th edition of The ABS ‘negative time’? Chris Corben has and he joins Newsletter. In colour (well, the cover at least)! Terry Reardon and Greg Ford in an insightful What do you think of the dashing display of past synopsis that ‘all Anabatters’ must read (page (and current) presidents on the front cover? Do 60). Chris C shares more of his wisdom with us you love it in colour? If so, let me know, and we’ll with four pages of information on viewing and keep things this way! interpreting feeding buzzes (pages 41 to 44). Firstly, a well deserved “hats-off” to Damian Milne, Thank you to all the contributors, this truly is a Chris Pavey, Toni Mitchell, Lunar Eclipse and bumper edition. Special mention to Robert their team of helpers – all of whom ensured that Bender for being the only ABS member to enter the 14th ABS Conference ran incredibly smoothly the previous Witty Photo Competition (page 66). and was an absolute delight to attend. Abstracts The two new images I’ve selected in this edition from this conference can be found in this edition provide a somewhat easier avenue for you all to (pages 14 to 34), and for a unique wrap up on the unleash your creative talents. So please, don’t week, see Lisa Cawthen’s perspective on page be shy, fear not possible revenge, and send your 51. Congratulations also to the award recipients caption / thought bubble / limerick / what ever and thanks to each of the sponsors and takes your fancy, through to me today! individuals who donated prizes to these awards (details page 34). I personally have two highlights from the week. One was balancing on a rock in my jocks for a couple of hours on the Susan Campbell edge of Umbrawarra Gorge monitoring one side Newsletter Editor of a mist net and not thinking anything of the mozzies biting my butt because the bats buzzing Cover: L-R: Greg Richards, Terry Reardon, Bruce over head (and over the mist net ) made it all Thomson, Greg Ford, Lindy Lumsden, Rob Gration and president Michael Pennay. A wonderful line-up of worth while! The second highlight (and I hope I our past and of course, present, ABS presidents (in am not ostracised from the ABS for this being a chronological order). non-bat related highlight!!) was discovering a - 4 - The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 35, November 2010 – From the President – Hi everyone and welcome to another edition of student papers. This really inspired me to see the the Australasian Bat Society Newsletter. This is future of bat study looking so strong and vibrant. the first newsletter since the Australasian Bat Conference and our AGM was held in Darwin in Finally I’d also like to thank all members for the June. For those of you who made it, thanks for vote of confidence in my role of president, I coming and helping make it the enjoyable, accepted a nomination to serve as president for educational and entertaining experience it really another 2 years and was elected unopposed was. If you couldn’t make it, don’t worry, there (clearly personal presentation is not high on the are plenty of stories and abstracts in this criteria for the job judging from the front cover). newsletter for you to catch up on the events. I’ll try my best and look forward to working with you all over the next 2 years. Personally I was impressed with the breadth of subjects presented, I was really happy to see Michael Pennay presentations from across Australasia including ABS President Fiji, Indonesia and a strong New Zealand contingent. The highlight in particular, for me, was the fact we had a whole day devoted to Michael Pennay and Nick Fuller engaged in a traditional greeting known well among the ABS. Photo thanks to Chris Grant. - 5 - The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 35, November 2010 – Australasian Bat Society Inc.: Business and Reports – AUSTRALASIAN BAT SOCIETY, INC. ABN: 75 120 155 626 Minutes of the ABS Annual General Meeting 2010 held on Tuesday 13th July during the 14th ABS conference, at Northern Territory Museum, Darwin. 1. Open, attendance and apologies The meeting opened at 3.45 pm. Present: David Andrew, Kyle Armstrong, Grant Baverstock, Robert Bender, Gillian Bennett, Kerry Borkin, Guy Bottroff, Susan Campbell, Lisa Cawthen, Sue Churchill, Roger Coles, Chris Corben, Cathy Dorling, Greg Ford, Anke Frank, Leroy Gonsalves, Chris Grant, Rob Gration, Luke Hogan, Judith Hopper, Clare Hourigan, Tamara Inkster, Maree Kerr, Ian Kitchen, Brad Law, Darren Le Roux, Tanya Loos, Lindy Lumsden, Dan Lunney, Sandrine Martinez, Anna McConville, Debbie Melville, Damian Milne, Tony Mitchell, Nancy Pallin, Stuart Parsons, Tim Pearson, Michael Pennay, Kristy Peters, Terry Reardon, Greg Richards, Amy Rowles, Annette Scanlon, Caragh Threlfall, Marg Turton, Anne Williams, Narawan Williams, Ray Williams, Tasman Willis, Terry Wimberley and Trish Wimberley. 2. Ratification of Minutes of FAGM, at Yanga National Park, NSW, April 2009 The minutes of FAGM 2009 were endorsed as a true record. Moved: Lindy Lumsden Seconded: Chris Grant 3.
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