Signals in the dark: How Comox Valley volunteers monitor bats against a devastating disease

Comox Valley bat count volunteers monitoring devastating disease

Heather Thomson, program manager for the Cumberland Community Forest Society, tracks bat echolocation calls using a tablet for a Comox Valley bat count on a property June 18. Photo by Dave Flawse/The Discourse In a flurry of wings, six mother bats drop from their roost and take to the half-lit sky.  “Wow!” says Heather Thomson. “They’re early tonight.”  Thomson, program manager for the Cumberland Community Forest Society, sits with five other ci…

Signals in the dark: How Comox Valley volunteers monitor bats against a devastating disease