Going bats: Cool bat experience at Alabaster Caverns July 19
Bats going out for a nightly hunt.
Hey, not every outdoor adventure has to be an epic sufferfest clinging to the side of some sheer rock wall. OK, that was a bit extreme, but it illustrates my point that sometimes experiencing nature doesn’t have to involve some major undertaking or risk life and limb. Just find your way up to Jet on the evening of July 19 and see a pretty fascinating event — a nightly bat hunt at Alabaster Caverns.
By “bat hunt,” I don’t mean people hunting bats. Instead, it’s a colony of bats that live in the caverns going out into the night sky to hunt insects. This is definitely not something you see every day in your hometown neighborhoods or even most state parks. And it’s a great way to experience nature in a completely different way.
A baby bat. It had been rescued.
Here’s some details, courtesy of the state Tourism Department:
Please join Tandy Keenan, Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma AmeriCorps member and Alabaster Caverns State Park naturalist, on July 19 at the Great Salt Plains State Park in Jet for an evening with bats.
Later, we will step out into the park and see if we can hear bats echolocating as they feed on the massive numbers of flying insects.
The program will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will last approximately 45 minutes. Then, join us at 9:30 p.m. as we listen for hunting bats. You can bring a lawn chair if you’d like.
For more information, please contact Tandy Keenan at (580) 621-3381 or tkeenan@gswestok.org. This free program is open to everyone.
Where to go.
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