Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 7 p.m. at the Darien Library.
The Darien Library is proud to co-sponsor this film with the Darien Land Trust, Tree Conservancy of Darien, the Darien Nature Center.
Bats control mosquitoes, disperse seeds, pollinate flowers, and a few have extreme feeding specializations such as carnivory, fish-eating, and even blood-feeding (yes, there are Vampire Bats!) If you think bats are hateful little creatures of the night, come along and be prepared to view them as charismatic microfauna. This lecture will review all aspects of bat biology and allow time for your questions.
Presented by Don Wilson, who spent 40 years as Curator of Mammals at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of National History in Washington, D.C. During that time, Wilson traveled the world conducting research on bats. His photographs of bats will lead you on a journey of better understanding of their important role in almost every ecosystem on Earth.