About the Authors

Paul A. Rabie

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

prabie@west-inc.com

Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Brandi Welch-Acosta

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Kristen Nasman

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Susan Schumacher

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation We Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Steve Schueller

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation We Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jeffery Gruver

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Bat Conservancy, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

Three of the authors (PR, BWE, and KN) are employed by an ecological services consulting company, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., and a fourth author (JG) was employed by the same company at the time that the field study was completed. Two additional authors (both with initials SS) are employed by We Energies, which owns and operates a wind energy production facility. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials