Bats on the Beach, Bay, & Beyond

While many people know about bats in the woods, relatively few realize that there are bats in coastal ecosystems as well!  Delaney Costante uses passive acoustic monitoring to better understand where bats are spending their time. In this talk, you’ll learn about our local bat species, why they’re so important to their ecosystems, and that you just might find them at the beach!

This lecture is free with admission to the Lighthouse.

More About the Speaker:

Delaney Costante is a PhD student using acoustics to figure out where animals are spending their time. She is currently using passive acoustics to determine if bats use Long Island barrier island habitat for foraging, as well as active acoustics paired with net samples to assess the vertical distribution of small animals in the Southern California Bight. When not doing science, she enjoys playing guitar, spending time in nature, and talking to people about her research!