Presentations

We had a blast at Texas Nature Days at The Texas Memorial Museum! Thanks for the invite Pam!
It is so much fun to see how excited the children are to see bats up close and personal.
Their little faces are so bright and shiny and full of love; it’s a real priviledge to introduce them to some of our bat ambassadors.
And we loved seeing old friends at the Texas Master Naturalists tables and meeting new friends among them too!

Insert photos here. We never think to take any! Anybody get some good ones?

We’re always happy to help out The Texas Memorial Museum. Their funding was pulled in 2015 and it was touch and go whether or not they’d survive, but thanks to events like this, put together by Pamela Owen, it’s still providing wonderful education opportunities for Texans of all ages.

Here’s a thank you email from Pam the day after the event:

Hello, All:

Saturday’s attendance as a whopping 1697 visitors for the day! This grand total exceeds the 1393 visitors on the inaugural TWD in 2015. During the 10 am to 4 pm activity period, Texas Master Naturalists and UT Austin Entomology interacted with 1520 visitors. Austin Bat Refuge – your 11 am to 1:30 pm activity period was 643 visitors.

Thank you for continuing to help make Texas Wildlife Day such an enjoyable event for the community. The majority of our visitors were first-timers to TMM. We accomplished so much with a team effort, and most especially because of your expertise, enthusiasm, and your valuable volunteer time. With your help TMM continues to offer unique educational and enjoyable experiences for all ages. I am hopeful that I will be working with each of you at Texas Wildlife Day 2020!

Please forward this message to others on your team for whom I do not have an email address.

With gratitude,

Pamela

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Pamela R. Owen, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Texas Memorial Museum

The University of Texas at Austin

Tel. 512-232-5511

Email: p.owen@austin.utexas.edu

Mailing Address:

Texas Memorial Museum

2400 Trinity St. Stop D1500

Austin, TX 78712-1621

Posted on January 29, 2019, updated on January 29, 2019 by The Refuge

Brushy Creek Bat Fest was fun!

It was great to see the enthusiasm of all the young bat fans! This one came decked out in all her best bat finery.
Love the bat berrettes and the Vampirella shirt! She loved Kyndal and her little free-tailed bat pup!

Here’s how the day started.

“Hey Taz! It’s Brushy Creek Bat Fest today! Let’s go show the kids how cool bats are!”
He was a star! And he got 998 likes on Instagram! What a great bat! Can’t somebody give him just a few more likes?

Posted on September 10, 2018, updated on September 10, 2018 by The Refuge

The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation asked us to “represent” as they announced grants given for “Bats For the Future” at the Shell Campus in Houston’s Energy Corridor. Nothing like seeing live bats up close and personal. Our “Bat Ambassadors” were the stars of the show!
Thanks NFWF!

Posted on February 16, 2018, updated on February 16, 2018 by The Refuge

Great work Di! The first two talks were to veterinarians at the Convention Center, the last one for the Rotary Club on their riverboat cruise. The boat cruise was really great! The city looked beautiful at night and the bats were translucent in the bridge lights!

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