Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) Hawaiian Hoary Bat Acoustic Long Term Data 2012-2018
Dates
Publication Date
2020-01-10
Start Date
2012-08-30
End Date
2018-09-28
Citation
Montoya-Aiona, K.M., Pinzari, C.A., Peck, R.W., Brinck, K.W. and Bonaccorso, F.J., 2020, Hawaii Army National Guard Hawaiian Hoary Bat Acoustic Monitoring 2012-2018 and Keaukaha Military Reservation Prey Study 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EC7MT1.
Summary
Acoustic sampling for occurrence of the endangered Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) was conducted at 18 “long-term” acoustic monitoring stations on 12 Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) installations across the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and Kauai between 2012 and 2018. Bats were confirmed as present at 10 of these installations: Kealakekua Armory, Keaukaha Military Reservation (KMR), Hanapepe Armory, Kekaha Firing Range (KFR), Puunene Training Facility, Ukumehame Firing Range (UFR), Kaunakakai Armory, Bellows Regional Training Institute, Kalaeloa, Barber’s Point, and the 487th Military Parking Facility, Wahiawā. Our acoustic sampling did not record bat vocalizations at Fort Ruger and Waiawa Armory. Foraging [...]
Summary
Acoustic sampling for occurrence of the endangered Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) was conducted at 18 “long-term” acoustic monitoring stations on 12 Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) installations across the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and Kauai between 2012 and 2018. Bats were confirmed as present at 10 of these installations: Kealakekua Armory, Keaukaha Military Reservation (KMR), Hanapepe Armory, Kekaha Firing Range (KFR), Puunene Training Facility, Ukumehame Firing Range (UFR), Kaunakakai Armory, Bellows Regional Training Institute, Kalaeloa, Barber’s Point, and the 487th Military Parking Facility, Wahiawā. Our acoustic sampling did not record bat vocalizations at Fort Ruger and Waiawa Armory. Foraging activity was observed at nine acoustic monitoring stations on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Oahu, and Maui. No foraging activity was observed on Molokai and a single station on Oahu recorded one feeding buzz in September, 2017 at Kalaeloa, Barber’s Point.
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Montoya-Aiona, K. M., C. A. Pinzari, R. W. Peck, K. W. Brinck, and F. J. Bonaccorso. 2020. Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) acoustic monitoring at Hawai`i Army National Guard (HIARNG) installations statewide. Hawai`i Cooperative Studies Unit Technical Report HCSU-TR088, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, Hawai‘i
We evaluated HIARNG installations on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu for suitable Hawaiian hoary bat habitat and surveyed the potential presence and foraging activity in areas where potential habitat exits. As forest and woodland habitats used by Hawaiian hoary bats elsewhere are present at HIARNG installations in Hawaii, surveys conducted at these properties serve to determine their potential presence and provide insights into seasonal patterns of detection including foraging activity to ensure that potential impacts to this endangered species from Army National Guard activities are adequately avoided or minimized. Therefore, passive acoustic monitoring for seasonal presence, frequency of detection, foraging behavior and nightly activity patterns on HIARNG installations occurred at 18 “long-term” acoustic monitoring stations on 12 separate installations statewide from August 2012 to September 2018.
