Bat Week across Connecticut is in full swing ahead of Halloween. According to Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), it’s a chance to help create a better reputation for an important state species.

The state, in partnership with conservationists, get behind the weeklong celebration.

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“The bats like to hang out in the top portion of the eve during the day,” said James Fischer as he took us around the big green barn on the White Memorial Conservation Center property.

He described what we are looking for.

“They are really only a few ounces at most,” he said.

No bats to be seen, it was the middle of the day, but it’s clear they are there.

They are tiny creatures with a sometimes “spoo

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