Alberta Bats

🦇As we bid good-bye to another #BatAppreciationDay we leave you with "The Bat Blessing" and hope that you find time to appreciate bats everyday. #BatsNeedFriends

Take the bat pledge! Conservation starts with education. Learn and share your bat facts. People need to know!

Happy #BatAppreciationDay - April 17th! Did you know that the Latin name for Silver-haired Bat is Lasionycteris noctivagans (which means "hairy-tailed night-wanderer"). Wander-well little Silver!

Bat fact: Bat feet are rotated 180° compared to ours—and their tendons lock so they can hang upside down without using any energy. 🦇 #HappyBaturday!

What are probiotics for bats? Read about it in "The Roost Report"! This edition explains some of the recent work done by the Western Bat Program - development of a treatment that may help improve survival rates for bats facing white-nose syndrome. https://www.albertabats.ca/wp-content/uploads/Roost_Report_006_Probiotics.pdf

After a gap of a couple of busy months - we are back with edition #005 of "The Roost Report" - this issue features a basic backgrounder on white-nose syndrome & Pd, and the ways we have been sampling for both.

A HUGE % of Canadians appreciate and want to conserve nature and natural habitats but only a SMALL % of us actually donate funds to support that work. It's GIVING TUESDAY - a time to contribute towards conservation work. This year, donations will be matched! (up to $20k) #JustDoIt www.albertabats.ca/donate

Most bats only have one pup a year. One. That means every lost bat is a long-term hit to the population. Conservation isn’t “nice to have.” It’s necessary if we want bats to stick around.