Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a 6th grade student and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big browns bats that use the outside of her home for a winter roost. Her family has cheerfully hosted this wild colony for years. Though apparently, this week’s entry was written by a bat! Hi Everyone! This is Tinybat! Since I had so much fun in Washington, Rachael said that I could write the blog this Baturday. I hope I do a good job. It’s hard to type with wings. I went to the Film Festival. My friends, a hoary bat and a northern long-eared bat, and I were the star attractions. I got to meet a lot of people. I even got to meet the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. He was a very nice man who, I’m sure, thought I was adorable. My humans held me nice and snug in a glove and showed me off to all the people who were there. I behaved myself very well and got to eat lots and lots of mealworms. I even got a wax worm! I think they would go well in stew, if you want to try something new. While I was meeting all the people, I showed off a little bit. I even talked to everyone there, so that they could hear my lovely squeaky voice. Everyone was very impressed. Rachael was there too. She told me how cute I was being. I loved all the attention. After I got to meet all the people, they all watched some movies. I think they must have been about me. What else would they have been about? After the movies, some people came back to see me again. It was a lot of fun, […]
Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a 6th grade student and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big browns bats that use the outside of her home for a winter roost. Her family has cheerfully hosted this wild colony for years. Hi Everyone! I hope everyone had a happy National Wildlife Week. It’s not too late to do something special for your wildlife, if you haven’t done anything to celebrate yet. I found a very interesting National Geographic article that I thought you all might want to read. Here is the link http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/bat-echo/mcgrath-text. I hope everyone likes it. It’s about how flowers have evolved to attract fruit bats. Make sure you click on the pictures because they are all awesome! Tinybat is looking forward to his trip to Washington, DC on Thursday. I’m looking forward to being part of his entourage. Maybe Tinybat will get to meet someone important. Hint: Mr. Obama, you are more than welcome to attend. Tinybat would love to shake your hand and get your autograph. I wouldn’t mind it either. (You’re invited to join us in Washington too! Read more here—Ed.)
Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a 6th grade student and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big browns bats that use the outside of her home for a winter roost. Her family has cheerfully hosted this wild colony for years. One of our cute favorites, the vanishing little brown bat Hello! I found the best thing ever! It’s the best thing since sliced bread. It might even be better than sliced bread. It is a website on the 25 cutest bats. It was originally on the Save Lucy Facebook page. Since you all might not look at the Facebook page, I thought I’d put it here too. (This is the website http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/25-of-the-cutest-bat-species) I like all of them, but my favorites are the fruit bats and one of our celebrities, the big brown bat. YAAAAAAY!!!!! My little friends made it. I think some of the fruit bats look almost like lemurs. I hope everyone enjoys the pictures.
Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a 6th grade student and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big browns bats that use the outside of her home for a winter roost. Her family has cheerfully hosted this wild colony for years. This week’s post also features one of E Wright’s illustrations. Hello Everyone! It’s Girl Scout cookie time. I wonder what little Bat Scouts would sell. Bat Scout cookies anyone? The annual Bat Scout Cookie Program gives bats the opportunity to earn money for their program activities and help their council offer special events. This year’s cookie choices are: Mango Munchies – Perfect for fruit bats. These bite-sized mango cookies are dusted with powdered banana and bursting with yummy mango flavor. Bat Wings – Shaped like a bat’s wing, these delicate-tasting, insect flavored cookies are delightfully simple and satisfying. Crunch-A-Dos – Crisp and crunchy beetle shell cookies with creamy worm filling. Caledonias – Crisp fruity cookie coated in nectar, sprinkled with toasted pollen, and striped with a dark blossomy coating. Hangalongs – Crispy cookies layered with mealworm butter and covered with a mothy coating. Thin Moths – Crispy cookies covered with a mothy coating. (My apologies to the Girl Scouts and Little Brownie Bakers. ) (And with gratitude for the Girl Scouts of America’s efforts to promote science and technology education for our nation’s girls!—Ed.)
We are so thrilled to be invited to support the screening of Battle for Bats: Surviving White Nose Syndrome at DC’s Environmental Film Festival. We’re bringing bats to help show attendees what we’re losing. So come meet tiny representatives of the species we’re losing! Directed by David McGowan and produced by the USDA’s Forest Service in conjunction with the national WNS response team , the film is a sobering reminder of what’s happening to North American bats, but highlights the amazing amount of cooperation and effort that is going into finding a solution for an ongoing wildlife crisis. When: March 27, 2014. Meet bats at 6:30 pm; film at 7 pm, followed by a panel discussion on the National Response Plan to WNS Where: U.S. Department of the Interior, Yates Auditorium, 1849 C St., NW, (Metro: Farragut West) How much? The event is free, and no reservations are required For more details, click here If you can’t make it, please watch the film anyway!