Bat condo ready for first guests this fall at Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area

August 2, 2023 @ 2:11 pmListowel Banner, Local News, News, Wingham Advance Times

Masters student Chloe Pearson (left) and Alexandra Israel, research lead from the Toronto Zoo Native Bat Conservation Program, speak to Maitland Conservation board members about the pilot project at Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area. Behind them stands the new ‘bat condo,’ which will be the new home for bats currently residing in the barn. (Cory Bilyea photo)
BELGRAVE – A colony of little brown myotis bats currently living at the Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area (WVCA) has to move this fall, but they have a beautiful new bat condo to move to that is large enough to house 3,000 bats. On July 19, board members from Maitland Conservation (MC) visited the new home…
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Cory Bilyea is a reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.