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Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a 6th grade student and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big browns bats that use the outside of her home for a winter roost. Her family has cheerfully hosted this wild colony for years.   Hi Everyone! Here is a nice and festive Batty Easter song. I hope you like it. Here comes Peter Battytail Flappin’ down the batty trail Flippity flappin’, Easter’s on its way Bringing’ every bat-girl and boy Baskets full of Easter joy Things to make your Easter bright and gay He’s got mothy beans for Tommy Colored wax worms for sister Sue There’s an orchid for your mommy And an Easter bonnet too Oh! here comes Peter Battytail Flappin’ down the batty trail Flippity flappity, happy Easter Day Here comes Peter Battytail Flappin’ down the batty trail Flippity flappin’, Easter’s on its way Try to do the things you should Maybe if you’re extra good He’ll bring lots of Easter bugs your way You’ll wake up on Easter mornin’ And you’ll know that he was there When you find those chocolate beetles That he’s hiding everywhere Oh! here comes Peter Battytail Flappin’ down the batty trail Flippity flappity, happy Easter Day Flippity flappity, happy Easter Day My apologies to Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins who wrote the original song. I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter!!!  

In today’s post, both of our contributors are at play in the world of the imagination! Please enjoy Rachael and E’s interpretations of what bats might do and say if they operated in the human realm!  Hi! I hope everyone enjoyed Tinybat’s blog last week. I think he did a wonderful job, but I can’t figure out how he did it. He is so small, he must have flown from key to key. I wrote a poem about a bat suffering through this wacky weather we’ve been having. Waiting for Spring Every time I looked outside, it seemed the snow kept falling. I was so sad, my eyes they just kept bawling. It was too cold to go out and play. In the cave, I had to stay. I asked my mom, “How long until Spring?” She said to wait until I hear the birds sing. I’ve been so bored with nothing to do. The only bird I’ve heard is a winter owl’s “Hoo!” My mom said, “Be patient, little one.” I will, when the snow is done. Finally, I hear the bird song. Now, it won’t be long. My squeaky bat song has begun. Now I sing, “Spring has sprung!”

Baturday News is a weekly blog written by Rachael, a 6th grade student and Save Lucy volunteer. Rachael’s interest in bats was sparked by the big browns bats that use the outside of her home for a winter roost. Her family has cheerfully hosted this wild colony for years. Hello everyone! Since the Olympics are on, I thought it would be nice if the bats would have one too. So, I have found five very cool and very interesting bat contestants for our Bat Olympics. (Click the captions to see original pages–Ed.) First up is the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox from the Philippines. He is trying to get a gold in the biggest bat competition. (So big!)   Next, going for smallest bat is the Kitti’s Hog-Nosed bat (or bumblebee bat) from western Thailand and south east Burma. (So cute! I want one!)   Our next olympian is a newly discovered bat found only on the Carribbean island of St. Vincent. He is competing for biggest triceratops horn on a bat. He is a Micronycteris megalotis. (I wonder if it’s sharp.)   Next, trying to get the gold in the biggest ears competition is the Brown Long Eared Bat from Great Britain. (The better to hear you with my dear mosquito)     Next, is the Chalinolobus tuberculata from New Zealand trying to get gold in the biggest tail competition. It looks like he or she has a good chance to me. (Can I have a tail like that? I mean really that’s just cool.) Ok. The judge (that’s me) has decided which bats will get gold. Because none of these bats have competitors, they all won!

We are developing several projects we’d like to launch/move forward with/finish. We could really use some equipment and/or supplies to keep us going. Our wish list is below, in no particular order… Education: Our current tabletop displays are falling apart. The display boards were donated or bought used and, after

Please click our card below to read our year-end report. We had a bittersweet year; we said goodbye to too many of our older education bats, WNS continues to spread unabated, fruit bats are being targeted in Queensland, and the Christmas Island pipistrelle was declared extinct. But despite the sad things, we met amazing caring people who went out of their way to rescue lost bats, worked with researchers and rehabbers who are giving their all to save vanishing bats, welcomed new volunteers and apprentices who are giving their precious time to help our local bats and our mission, and talked to thousands of young people who care deeply about bats, the environment, and the world they’re growing up in. Thanks to all our members and friends who support us with time, donations, and kind words. And of course, thanks to all the bats who give us a reason to keep fighting for them.

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for our friends, even when they are practically picking our nose! We are truly thankful for all the people who make it possible for us to teach others about bats and white nose syndrome, for the volunteers who help take care of the bats, for the vets who help fix the broken ones, for the people who care enough to bring in lost bats or find ways to live in peace with the wild ones, and for the bats, long may they fly!