||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY |||


Please join the Orcas Island Public Library for a fascinating conversation, Island Bat Ecology — a presentation by Russel Barsh, Kwiáht Director. The gathering will be on Friday, July 28, at 1 p.m.*

Bats are a key biological control of insect populations, in particular night-flyers such as mosquitoes and moths that impact human health, orchards and field crops. Nine species of bats have been reported in the islands, but their distribution and status were unknown until Kwiáht began systematic surveys in 2010.

*My error (Editor)


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