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A Plea

One of the recurring themes of #BatWeek is to be a #BatHero. I want to take a minute to talk to you all about that. 2020 has been an awful year in so many respects, but for us, while we,…

How much is that doggie faced bat in the mistnet?

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I had a great one because it started with a holiday. I hope everyone had a happy Martin Luther King, Jr Day. I am very excited because something very special happened recently in the bat world! Scientists have discovered two new dog-faced bat species!!! That’s right! For over 50 years, scientists thought that there were only six species of dog-faced bats. After studying bats found in Panama and Ecuador, they discovered that there were actually eight different species. The two new species are called the Freeman’s dog-faced bat and the…

Wiggle Waggle Little Ears

Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a high school student, bat advocate, and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big brown bats that used the outside of her former home for a winter roost.

Trouble in Australia

Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a high school student, bat advocate, and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big brown bats that used the outside of her former home for a winter roost. Rachael has been writing the Baturday News for over three years. Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week. While things here have been wintery (although not too bad in the DC area), things in Australia have been horribly hot. It’s summer down there now and they have been having a terrible heat wave. It has…

Good news from Europe

Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a high school student, bat advocate, and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big brown bats that used the outside of her former home for a winter roost. Rachael has been writing the Baturday News for over three years. Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week. I did not. I WAS ROBBED!!! I was promised snow. Ok, it wasn’t going to be a lot of snow, but I live in Fairfax County. If it had just snowed a little teeny tiny bit before…

Winter Wonders

Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a high school student, bat advocate, and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big brown bats that used the outside of her former home for a winter roost. Rachael has been writing the Baturday News for over three years. Hi everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week. Little Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow a few days ago, so we’re supposed to get 6 more weeks of winter. I don’t know about you, but I could use just one week of winter. We really haven’t had…

And now for the bat news…

Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a high school student, bat advocate, and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big brown bats that used the outside of her former home for a winter roost. Rachael has been writing the Baturday News for over three years. I would like to dedicate this week’s blog to Mary Tyler Moore. She was a very funny actress who passed away this week. She entertained people for over 60 years with shows like the Mary Tyler Moore Show and the Dick Van Dyke Show. I have watched…