Year of the bat

You may have heard of the year of the rat but have you heard of the year of the bat?

Aimed at increasing public awareness of the importance of bats United Nations Environmental Programe, Bat Conservation International, Conservation of Populations of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and Eurobats.org have named 2011 'the Year of the Bat!' Please go to http://www.yearofthebat.org/ if you would like to find out more!

Specifically find out what bat researchers near you are trying to do to help conserve bats by clicking here.

Next week in Mexico (March 26 and 27)

Bosques a Media Luna (click here)

In Australia (9th of April)

Bat box building workshop (click here)

Germany (1-3 April)

Bats between Nature and culture (click here)

Bat websites

Just in case you are intersted in learning more about bats here are a few suggested websites:

Bats in general:

Bats everywhere for kids!

More bat fun

Bats and plants

Bat sites by location:

Alaska bats

Arizona bats

California: bats of Orange County

Canada

Colorado: USGS bat research Costa Rica Louisiana Nevada New Mexico: Carlsbad Caverns New York Panama's Adaptable Bats (from National Geographic- with GREAT photos!) Texas: the famous CONGRESS BRIDGE (below) Utah