Name: Branching Out Speaker Series | What is it like to be a Bat?
Start: 2025-11-14T22:30:00.000Z
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum

**Preregistration is required** and limited to 25 guests. For your safety, pets and children under 5 are not permitted. **[Register Here](https://7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Critter-Crawl-Night-Tour-20Jun2025)!**

Join BTA on a night-time adventure with our Education Staff! Discover the amazing world of nocturnal life in the Sonoran Desert on this family friendly ‘crawl’. Learn about Sonoran Desert ecology while taking a closer look at the local critters. Plus, get the knowledge you need to be prepared for your own night-time treks.

**Cost:**
Adults (13+) - $15
Children (5-12) - $10

**Distance:** Each experience is unique and follows the critters. However, you will walk no more than 1 mile.

**Duration:** 1.5 hours

**Content Notice:** This tour contains content regarding snakes, spiders, scorpions, bugs, owls, and other nighttime animals. The arboretum is primarily dark at night and has limited artificial lighting.

**What to bring/wear:** Close-toed shoes, plenty of water (at least 32oz/person), flashlights/headlamps for each member of your party, and snacks (if needed). Our gift shop will NOT be open to purchase water bottles or snacks.

**Trail conditions:** Trails are mostly flat, hard-packed dirt with small portions of sand and cobblestone. Trails are not leveled and contain uneven terrain, humps, and dips. Trail width is at minimum 2 ft across.

**Restrooms:** Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located in the Visitor’s Center.

**Questions?** Please email brenna.murphyreynolds@btarboretum.org or call (520) 689-4525

Boyce Thompson Arboretum Outdoor Adventurers

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Critter Crawl - Night Tour at Boyce Thompson Arboretum

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

**Preregistration is required** and limited to 30 guests. **[Register Here](https://7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series-12Sep2025?_gl=1*1ymzqbt*_gcl_au*MTc3NTE2MzE5My4xNzQ3MTQ4OTM5*_ga*MTg2NDM3NTEyMi4xNjk5NjQ5OTky*_ga_FF2LYB55TP*czE3NTMwNDQxNDUkbzI5NyRnMSR0MTc1MzA0NDYyOCRqMSRsMCRoNzY0NDkzMzEx)!**

**Let’s not reinvent the wheel: Using VERY old school strategies for cheap and easy restoration success**

This presentation will highlight techniques to enhance dryland vegetation management outcomes that anyone can use to better achieve their goals.

**Cost:**
Adults (13+) - $15
Arboretum Members - $12

**Interested in attending multiple lectures? Purchase a package for the September-November lectures for 10% off the ticket price:** [7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series](http://7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series)

**Please note:** This presentation does NOT include admission to the Arboretum.

Branching Out Speaker Series | Dryland Restoration

**Preregistration is required** and limited to 30 guests. **[Register Here](https://7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series-10Oct2025?_gl=1*1f1w383*_gcl_au*MTc3NTE2MzE5My4xNzQ3MTQ4OTM5*_ga*MTg2NDM3NTEyMi4xNjk5NjQ5OTky*_ga_FF2LYB55TP*czE3NTMwNDQxNDUkbzI5NyRnMSR0MTc1MzA0NjIyOSRqMzMkbDAkaDc2NDQ5MzMxMQ..)!**

**How and Why People Count Butterflies**
What is the global state of biodiversity? The answer is the goal of a worldwide array of programs devoted to monitoring plant and animal populations. A focus of these programs are butterflies which are large and easy to identify. This talk will cover how butterfly counts are done, what happens to the tallies, and what has been learned. There will be a focus on results from the annual fall count done at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum since 2007 and from analyses on a larger geographic scale. The news is not good, but there will be suggestions for what we can do to support biodiversity.

**Cost:**
Adults (13+) - $15
Arboretum Members - $12

**Interested in attending multiple lectures? Purchase a package for the September-November lectures for 10% off the ticket price:** [7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series](http://7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series)

**Please note:** This presentation does NOT include admission to the Arboretum.

Branching Out Speaker Series | How and Why People Count Butterflies

**Preregistration is required** and limited to 30 guests. **[Register Here](https://7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series-14Nov2025?_gl=1*1nhouac*_gcl_au*MTc3NTE2MzE5My4xNzQ3MTQ4OTM5*_ga*MTg2NDM3NTEyMi4xNjk5NjQ5OTky*_ga_FF2LYB55TP*czE3NTMwNDQxNDUkbzI5NyRnMSR0MTc1MzA0NjU0NyRqNDkkbDAkaDc2NDQ5MzMxMQ..)!**

**What is it like to be a Bat? An Introduction to Bats of Arizona and What Makes Bats so Cool**
There’s so much to love and learn about bats, which, at more than 1450 species, make up nearly a quarter of the world’s mammals! Arizona is home to 29 species. Our incredible diversity includes three nectar bats, four tree-foliage roosting species, a black and white bat with long pink ears, a scorpion-eating bat, as well as the largest and smallest (U.S.) bat species. We’ll explore what it’s like to be a bat by looking at the life history of some of Arizona’s most charismatic species and take a deep dive into what makes echolocation such an amazing superpower.

**Cost:**
Adults (13+) - $15
Arboretum Members - $12

**Interested in attending multiple lectures? Purchase a package for the September-November lectures for 10% off the ticket price:** [7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series](http://7830.blackbaudhosting.com/7830/Branching-Out-Speaker-Series)

**Please note:** This presentation does NOT include admission to the Arboretum.

Branching Out Speaker Series | What is it like to be a Bat?

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