The BC Annual Bat Count takes flight this June and nocturnal animal fanatics across the province can prepare to count these roosting fuzzy flyers by day and tally their sightings by night.

As a citizen-science initiative, the BC Community Bat Program supports the protection and monitoring of the provinceB次元官网网址檚 15 bat species, roughly half of them endangered, through colony population reports and volunteer assistance.

Those participating this summer can take to common roost sites like barns and attics and count resident bats off as they emerge at twilight. They may also submit guano samples, bat feces, to determine which bat species they have observed at which location.

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One particular bat species, the federally endangered Little Brown Myotis that consumes vast amounts of pesky insects, will be on volunteersB次元官网网址� radar this summer especially.

South Island Community Bat Program coordinator Danielle Buckle said the white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease specifically affecting bats, is largely to blame for this decline in Little Brown Myotis populations.

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For more information on bats and how to count them this summer, visit .

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