Citizen scientists can take part at roosting spots in the Capital Regional District
If you care about bats — those insect- and mosquito-munching nocturnal flying mammals — a community group concerned about their well-being has a job for you.
The fungus has been discovered in bat feces in Grand Forks, but not detected in bats as yet. Experts say it’s a matter of time. Collecting the data is important to monitor the health of bat populations, said Juliana Laposa-Wilde, co-ordinator for the Southern Vancouver Island Bat Program, part of the Habitat Acquisition Trust Foundation, which funds the counts in the region.
Laposa Wilde said bat counts involve volunteers sitting outside a bat maternity roost at sunset and, for an hour, counting all the bats that come out.
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