Please join us for a free presentation on Florida's native bats that will be conducted by Cindy and George Marks on May 17th from 6 - 8 pm, starting at Riverwoods Field Lab located in Cornwell, and ending on the banks of the Kissimmee River at the historic Pearce Homestead. Cynthia and George Marks, established the Florida Bat Center, a non profit organization for the purpose of protecting and preserving Florida's native bats. Over the past fifteen years they have presented hundreds of educational programs about bats, rescued and cared for hundreds of injured and orphaned bats, worked with state and local agencies on numerous bat conservation projects, and helped home and business owners with bats in their buildings. In 2006, the board of directors changed the name to the Florida Bat Conservancy, as it was decided the new name better describes their statewide conservation activities.

They will be conducting an interactive, educational Bats of Florida presentation inside at Riverwoods' Conference Center starting at 6 pm. Afterwards, we will carpool just three miles east to the historic Pearce Homestead to search for native bats along the Kissimmee River. We will have "bat detectors" and teach our guests how to use this fun and educational equipment. They will also be selling their autographed best seller Bats of Florida book - a must have for bat enthusiasts! This is the first book published on the topic of bats in Florida. It provides a description of each Florida species and includes sections on bat biology, natural history, echolocation, bat conservation, bats in buildings, and bat houses. Complete with color photographs of each Florida species and numerous black-and-white photographs, drawings, tables, charts, range maps, and an illustrated key for identifying Florida species, it provides interesting and educational reading while serving as a reference on Florida bats.

Please call or email to register for this free lecture, as space is limited! :
Abby Gulick, at (863) 462-0027 or abbi@strato.net

Get directions to Riverwoods online at http://riverwoods.ces.fau.edu

For more Bat information online: http://www.floridabats.org/

Coordinated by:
Florida Atlantic University's
Center for Environmental Studies
Sponsored by:
Family Lands Remembered