If you ever find your way to Cuba and would like to contribute to the bat project, here is a list of items that the researchers all throughout Cuba can benefit from. **Note** Any of the external links are not affiliated with the project, but are just there to provide an example of what we are looking for:
1) Unlined deerskin Gloves
2) Headlamp and corresponding batteries
3) Caving helmets
4) Pesola hanging scales (60, 100 and 300 gram scales)
5) Rite in the rain journals/ notebooks
6) Backpacks for working in the field
7) Sleeping bags and camping mats
8) 2-6 person tents for camping out in the field
9) Knee and elbow guards for crawling through caves
10) Anenometer
11) Camera or cell phone with GPS that can work without WIFI
12) AAA and AA batteries
13) Books English or Spanish about scientific environmental, ecology, biology, zoology related
topics, etc
14) Rain jackets/ ponchos
15) Hand lens for looking at teeth
16) MSA 200 ADVANTAGE LS half mask reusable respirators and P100 filter cartridges
17) Calipers
18) Cameras
19) Laptop compatible with Microsoft office
20) Mosquito head net
21) Bug spray
22) Plumbing clamps small and medium
23) Carabiner for bat necklaces
24) Thin rope for tying mist net poles
25) ¼ inch rope for hanging canopy nets
26) Mist nets (only those with appropriate licenses are able to purchase these)
27) Non-abrasive bat bags for the smaller more delicate species (old pillow cases, or silk-like material)
1) Unlined deerskin Gloves
2) Headlamp and corresponding batteries
3) Caving helmets
4) Pesola hanging scales (60, 100 and 300 gram scales)
5) Rite in the rain journals/ notebooks
6) Backpacks for working in the field
7) Sleeping bags and camping mats
8) 2-6 person tents for camping out in the field
9) Knee and elbow guards for crawling through caves
10) Anenometer
11) Camera or cell phone with GPS that can work without WIFI
12) AAA and AA batteries
13) Books English or Spanish about scientific environmental, ecology, biology, zoology related
topics, etc
14) Rain jackets/ ponchos
15) Hand lens for looking at teeth
16) MSA 200 ADVANTAGE LS half mask reusable respirators and P100 filter cartridges
17) Calipers
18) Cameras
19) Laptop compatible with Microsoft office
20) Mosquito head net
21) Bug spray
22) Plumbing clamps small and medium
23) Carabiner for bat necklaces
24) Thin rope for tying mist net poles
25) ¼ inch rope for hanging canopy nets
26) Mist nets (only those with appropriate licenses are able to purchase these)
27) Non-abrasive bat bags for the smaller more delicate species (old pillow cases, or silk-like material)