Seattle Audubon is offering a fascinating course on bats later this
month. To register, please call the Nature Shop at 206 523-4483
between 10 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Saturday.

The Appreciation and Conservation of Bats - The Other Flying Vertebrates
Curt Black, Environmental Scientist and Specialist on Bats
Unless you are in a steel-and-glass downtown office tower, chances are
you're within 50 feet of a bat. If that bothers you - even a little -
I hope you will take this class. I use stunning video, photographs and
audio to challenge your preconceptions about bats. We'll look at how
bats and birds meet their needs, sometimes in very different ways.
We'll look at recent technical developments allowing the
identification of many bats on the wing. We'll finish by considering
the conservation needs of both bats and birds, identifying steps you
can take including volunteer opportunities as well as the construction
and installation of bat houses. We will finish with a bat walk for
our third class meeting at a convenient local site rich with bats.

Lectures: Tuesday, Aug. 15, and Thursday Aug. 17th, 7 ? 9 pm at CUH
(Douglas Classroom)
Bat Walk: Friday, Aug. 18, 8 PM, subject to weather
Cost: $50 members, $65 non-members
Max Class Size: 30


Curt Black has a BS in Zoology and a Masters in Hydrogeology from the
University of Texas. He is a past Board member of Bats Northwest has
been getting rabies shots since the 1970s to allow the up-close and
personal interaction with bats that he enjoys. He started as a caver
and was the local Cascade Grotto chairman. He has traveled
extensively around the world chasing bats in places like Belize, Costa
Rica, Fiji, Australia, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Morocco. He is also an
active nature-sound recordist and ham
radio operator, call sign WR5J.

Vicki King, Seattle
vkbirder at gmail.com