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Welcome!

June 10, 2021 - UW Landscape Architecture - Sidney Greenslate BLA ‘21

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Fly By Night: A Designer’s Look at Bats in Seattle Parks

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Why this project?

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  1. Landscape architecture is intertwined with ecology and habitat
  2. A ‘trained eye’ will notice with others overlook
  3. What we love, we will protect.

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Some Bat-ground Info

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15 Species in the Vespertilionidae (microbat) family in WA

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Insectivorous -- moths, beetles, caddisflies, mosquitoes, etc

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Most species only rear a single pup annually

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Myotis lucifugus (Little Brown Myotis)

Corynorhinus townsendii (Townshend’s Big-Eared Bat)

Lasiurus cinereus

(Hoary Bat)

Myotis Californicus (California Myotis)

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The “Big Question”: Where, specifically, can I observe bat activity in Seattle Parks?

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Site Selections:

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Magnuson -- Familiar, the “sure bet”

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Duwamish Hill - Unfamiliar, but has a bat house

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Golden Gardens Wetland - Unfamiliar, the “wild card”

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The Amateur Bat Hunter’s Toolbox

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The Field Sessions

8 Evenings Total

Magnuson Park: 4/20, 4/30, 5/6

Duwamish Hill Preserve: 4/22, 5/1

Golden Gardens Wetland: 4/28, 5/4, 5/13

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Began at or near dusk

Observed for ~60-90 mins

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Duwamish Hill Preserve

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10.5 acre park in Tukwila, WA

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Duwamish Hill Preserve

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Duwamish Hill Preserve

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Magnuson Park

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Large multi-use park in Sand Point with extensive engineered wetlands

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Magnuson Park

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Magnuson Park

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Golden Gardens Wetland

Small wetland area at the north end of Golden Gardens beach in Ballard

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Golden Gardens Wetland

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Golden Gardens Wetland

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May 13th Bat Walk

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ArcGIS StoryMaps Site: https://arcg.is/0eTqq1 / https://tinyurl.com/FlyByNightProject

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Thank you!