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Bats & Bat Calls
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True or False: Bats are birds.
False. Bats are mammals!
100
What park is Liza focusing on today?
Columbus Park
100
What is the name of our guest today?
Liza Lehrer, M.S.
200
How does Liza know what bats are in Chicago?
They record them
then, they download the calls, use software to graph the calls, and then identify the species!
200
What bat is this?
Silver-haired bat
200
Where can you find edible plants?
Everywhere
300
What does UWIN stand for?
Urban Wildlife Information Network
300
How many species of bats have been found at Columbus Park
5
300
What is one predator that can be seen in Chicago... Not a human or cat
Coyote, Fox, racoon, snapping turtle, etc
400
True or False: Bats are pollinators
True! US Southwest & Mexico
400
What bat is this?
Hoary Bat
400
What is the name of the BlackForager?
Alexis Nikole
500
What is WNS?
White Nose Syndrome.
A deadly fungal disease that grows on the bats' muzzles, ears, and wings.
500
Who is this?
Big Brown Bat
500
Name two layers of soil that we talked about on Tuesday.
Top down:
Organic Layer; Top Soil; Subsoil; Parent Material; Bedrock