Bat Talk and Walk

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Organizer

Yolo Basin Foundation

Date

Jul 01 2021

Time

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Cost

$50/pod square

Location

Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters
Event Description

Did you know that a colony of migratory bats live under the Yolo Causeway during the summer? Watch them fly out for the night with a ranger. Join Yolo Basin Foundation for a summertime Bat Talk and Walk and learn all about these amazing and beneficial mammals.

The Talk
The Talk portion of the event is via Zoom. After registering for a Walk date, guests can choose from a variety of dates for a 45-minute live-virtual presentation that features some of our local bat species. You will learn about bats and their role in the environment and meet live bats via a webcam. To fully appreciate the evening flyout of the bats, we strongly encourage you to watch the Talk before joining us for the Walk. If you are interested in the Talk only, please email us.

The Walk

Pod Square arrangement for viewing the flyout
For the Walk, tickets are sold as a Pod Square package. You can have up to 4 people, adults and children, in your Pod Square. Registered guests will arrive with their pod at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters, check-in while remaining in their cars, then caravan in individual vehicles to the viewing location as a group out to the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area to watch the “flyout” of the largest urban colony of Mexican free-tailed bats in California. The bats emerge in long ribbons as they head out to hunt for insects during the night. At the viewing location, each pod will stay within their Pod Square, marked on the ground. To get to the viewing site, the group will caravan through wetlands and rice fields to an area not open to the public.

Walks will begin at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters. Click here for directions to our Headquarters. The whole experience takes about 2 hours. This is a family friendly event! There is a small amount of walking. Those in wheelchairs or unable to walk may view the bats by car. Please let us know if you have special needs.

 


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