Basically Bats Logo What you are hearing is a bat hunting for food - the bat hunts using echolocation.

Basically Bats is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to:

  • Wildlife Rehabilitation.
    We provide publications, workshops, and funds to support licensed wildlife rehabilitators.

  • Research.
    We support non-invasive and conservation-oriented research.

  • Education and Conservation.
    We promote public awareness about the value of preserving bats and other wildlife by
    audio-visual presentations, media appearances, educational publications and seminars.

  • Public Health - We assist the public in the proper methods for dealing with bat problems through telecommunications, brochures, and lectures.
  
Bats in Captivity book now available online free of charge. "Bats In Captivity" by Susan Barnard
Basically Bats...?   Raman (Pteropus giganteus)
Hi Kids!  Read all about Egore.  (Photo courtesy of Sue Ellis)
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
Homey D. Bat
Sue Barnard and Egore
BBI Executive Director Sue Barnard with her first bat Egore.  (Photo courtesy of Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International)
Researcher radio tracking bats Latest BBI research project.  Researcher is radio tracking bats.
Bat Box Find out more about bat boxes.

Photo in the middle:  Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) affectionately called Homey.  Homey was one of the first vampire bats hand raised successfully in captivity.  For details click on Homey.



Grey-headed flying fox disaster in Melbourne Gardens ONGOING CONCERNS

Link to this website to find out more about what is happening at Melbourne Gardens.   

Welcome, you are visitor since 2/19/97.

For more info on Basically Bats Wildlife Conservation Society, Inc. please check the Membership Information.

Website updated by Tamara Romaine of
BAS Consulting

Website last updated 28 October 2006