The Summer Bat Count in action 🦇 Bat emergence surveys are an important way we monitor local bat populations. We quietly count bats as they fly out from roosts like attics, barns and bat houses to begin their nightly hunt for insects. These surveys help us track population trends for species like the little brown bat, which face threats from habitat loss and white-nose syndrome. | Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ

Meet our two non-releasable little brown bat girls. Buffy and Willow came into care last year both sustained injuries that rendered them unable to be released back into the wild. They became best friends and remain in sanctuary with us. They have a nightly routine which is an eager and impatient display for dinner 😂 This species was once the most common bat in Pennsylvania. However, its numbers collapsed rapidly after the arrival of White‑Nose Syndrome (WNS). In Pennsylvania, the little brown