Guest blog by UC Davis Undergrad and Bat Intern Flor Calderon
Hello my name is Flor Calderon and I am a fellow bat enthusiast/wildlife biology student at UC Davis. I recently assisted Kate on an awesome internship mist netting bats and analyzing their recorded calls. Mist netting bats turned out to be more adventurous then I anticipated, at day one I was already grateful for that rabies vaccination required. From getting guano in my eye on the first time looking up at a bat house, to getting hassled by the police for hanging out in the middle of an orchard in the dark, like that’s not normal, to getting gnawed on by the most viciously cute Pallid bats, working with bats had to be one of the most exciting and rewarding internships I’ve had.
Hello my name is Flor Calderon and I am a fellow bat enthusiast/wildlife biology student at UC Davis. I recently assisted Kate on an awesome internship mist netting bats and analyzing their recorded calls. Mist netting bats turned out to be more adventurous then I anticipated, at day one I was already grateful for that rabies vaccination required. From getting guano in my eye on the first time looking up at a bat house, to getting hassled by the police for hanging out in the middle of an orchard in the dark, like that’s not normal, to getting gnawed on by the most viciously cute Pallid bats, working with bats had to be one of the most exciting and rewarding internships I’ve had.