I'd like to invite everyone to tomorrow's meeting of the Prince George's
Audubon Society and the Patuxent Bird Club (MOS). We meet at the College
Park Airport Annex, starting 7:30. Our talk tomorrow night will be
presented by Dana Limpert, a biologist with DNR's Wildlife Heritage
Program. Description follows. The program is, as always, free and open to
the public. Refreshments will be served.
Bat Zen � Knowing the Ecological Role of Bats
presented by Dana Limpert
Maybe the mere thought of them gives you the creeps and sends you running
for cover. Try thinking of them as furry purple martins clearing the night
skies of insects that damage crops and gardens and spread diseases. Bats
are the major predator performing this ecological miracle during the night
shift. Just one bat can eat over a thousand insects each night. The only
problem is that bat populations of all species are declining throughout
North America. Maryland has ten species of bats that lead varied lives.
Some reside in Maryland all year long, and some migrate through Maryland in
the spring and fall. Some species of bats live in groups called colonies
and others live by themselves or in small families.
Dana Limpert is a conservation specialist with the Natural Heritage
Program, Wildlife and Heritage Service of MD DNR and has worked for the
state for over 20 years. She received a B.S. in forest science from Penn
State and an M.S. in Ecology from University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Her
research was studying the forest bat habitat in the Pocomoke River
watershed using radio telemetry and GIS analysis.
See our website http://www.pgaudubon.org/programs.html#10.12 for more
information.
Lynette Fullerton, Board Member
Prince George's Audubon Society
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