Join us as we celebrate everything
about the special bats that call Missouri home.
During this two-day event at World Bird Sanctuary and Onondaga Cave
State Park, you will find out all about why bats are important, what we can do
to help them survive – and you will even meet live Missouri bats that are
currently in rehabilitation!
This celebration is a partnership
between World Bird Sanctuary, Missouri Bat Census, Missouri State Parks,
Missouri Department of Conservation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the
US Forest Service.
Attend each venue and get your
BatFest Passport (available free at each venue) stamped to be entered into a
prize drawing.
MidWest
BatFest 2014 activities:
Saturday, April 5th
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| Bats at Onondaga Cave.Photo: http://mostateparks.com/park/onondaga-cave-state-park |
- Onondaga State Park:
- Discounted cave tours with BatFest Passport
- Live bats and education programs by Incredible Bats
- Bat Kids Craft
- White-nose Syndrome decontamination demonstration
- White-nose Syndrome in Missouri presentation
- Sunset Public Bat Mist-netting Demonstration at Onondaga State Park
- Ozark Task Force – Cave Restoration display
- Missouri Cave and Karst Conservancy
- Missouri Bat Census
- Sunset Public Bat Mist-netting at World Bird Sanctuary
Sunday, April 6th
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| Batty and Scar: Resident Straw-colored Fruit Bats at World Bird Sanctuary.Photo: World Bird Sanctuary |
World Bird Sanctuary:
- Kids craft activity
- Environmental education program featuring bats, barn owls, snakes – presented by World Bird Sanctuary
- Missouri Bat Census presentation – Urban Bat Preservation
- Bats of Missouri presentation featuring live Missouri bats
- White-nose Syndrome in Missouri presentation
- Missouri Bat Census bat-house building activity – throughout the day
- “Battle for Bats” video running throughout the day in Visitor Information Center
- RNA Free Electronics Recycling drop-off point
- Missouri Cave and Karst Conservancy
- Missouri Bat Census
Onondaga State Park:
- Discounted cave tours with BatFest Passport
For the latest news and program
updates about this exciting new event, “like” our MidWest BatFest 2014 Facebook page.
Submitted by:
Catherine Redfern, World Bird Sanctuary
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