On June 3, 2020, DeAndra Ramsey gave a presentation on bats in the Houston area. We opened the webinar to Texas Master Naturalists across the state and had a maximum of 145 people attend virtually. There was much interest in the slide show, so Ms. Ramsey has allowed us to post it here for you.
Bats – Heroes of the night sky (1)
The video can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJ5Mav3nWg&feature=youtu.be
She provided the following resources for those who wish to delve deeper into the topic of bats.
- https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/
publication/ofr20201060 – A publication discussing the threat Covid19 poses to our bats here in North America - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=iJ2jDPgvbTY – An awesome video that goes into the science as to why the ability of flight also contributes to bats abilities to fight off viruses - https://www.
philhardbergerpark.org/ – A page focused on making spaces Bat Friendlynaturalists-notes/nature-talk- creating-habitat-for-bats - http://www.batcon.org/our-
work/regions/usa-canada/white- – the link to the BCI page discussing WNSnose-syndrome