Bat Watch Wednesdays

The Bay Area is home to 16 varieties of incredible bats. Excellent hearing and ability to echolocate help them eat up to 50 percent of their weight in insects per night. Bats are also vital pollinators, seed dispersers, and cash crop protectors. If you like mangoes, bananas, or cashews, you can thank a bat for pollinating or protecting the plants by eating insect pests.

Bat Watch Wednesdays are scheduled in August at Sunol Visitor Center. Discover the wonderful world of local bats and be a community scientist counting the number of bats and different species you can see.

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