Subject: Speaking of bats
Date: Apr 17 08:21:10 2004
From: Kelly Cassidy - lostriver at completebbs.com


I stumbled across the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife BatCam the other
day. I think it's been mentioned before, but it's worth mentioning again.

The BatCam is in an abandoned cabin near Spokane that houses a colony of
Townsend's Big-eared Bats. Townsend's Big-eared Bats are extremely
sensitive to disturbance of maternity and hibernating colonies. They've
become very rare in Washington. Be sure to click on the Full Story link for
the tale of how this colony was found and the private landowner was
persuaded to leave the cabin alone.

Here is the link to the Bat Cam page:
http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/batcam/index.html

Kelly Cassidy
Pullman