Library Events
Bat Talk and Annual Bat Count In-Person
Please join us in the Buttons Garden at SML to hear CT DEEP wildlife biologist Devaughn Fraser, a specialist in bats, discuss the flying mammals that roost in the attics of SML and the Academy Building —and live throughout this region. Fraser will begin her talk at SML a little after 7:00 p.m , providing instructions and clickers so that residents may observe and help count the bats leaving the Academy Building at sundown. At the end of the count period, approximately 8:30, results will be recorded.
Both SML and the Academy Building will be open if restrooms are needed. Please feel free to bring your lawn chairs, bug spray, and flash lights.
Rain Date: Friday, July 28, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.. (if it rains on the rain date, the talk will be held inside at the Wardell Room, without a bat count.)
Devaughn Fraser, CT DEEP wildlife biologist, received her doctorate in biology from UCLA, where she used advanced genetic techniques to evaluate the impacts of infrastructure development and environmental toxicants on wildlife. She first started working with bats as a field technician in 2009 and has been dedicated to their conservation ever since. Her work as a bat specialist is largely focused on communication and mitigation. Dr. Fraser will join us to introduce the nine species of bat we have here in Connecticut and discuss the methods we are using to monitor and protect these valuable members of our community as they continue to suffer from disease, habitat loss, and persecution.
- Date:
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
- Time:
- 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Buttons Garden
- Audience:
- Adults Elementary School Middle Grades Preschool (3-5 yr) Teens
- Categories:
- Adult Program Children & Families