Subject: Re: bats
Date: Aug 29 18:37:41 1995
From: "M. Smith" - whimbrel at u.washington.edu


On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, H. Cui wrote:
> A friend and I were chatting a few nights ago about the apparent lack
> of bats in Seattle. Neither of us have noted any bats since we arrived
> in the Puget sound area. Any good suggested local "batting" spots ?
> I would be especially interested in seeing the "Big Brown" as it
> seems to be the only one which I could ID by sight.

I have seen several bats in Seattle. A really good spot is Seward Park.
On the north side of the peninsula, there are 2 fishing docks. Both are
good lookouts for bats at dusk. You can see 2 sizes here, apparently
some small Myotis, and some larger one.

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html