Subject: [Tweeters] A bat!
Date: Feb 3 09:33:01 2009
From: Rob Sandelin - floriferous at msn.com


Actually there are species of insects which mate in the winter (less
predators around then) and they fly when the temps are above 40 degrees. The
winter crane flies in the family Trichoceridae can fly at temperatures a bit
below 40. They are relatively slow and weak fliers and would be food for
either bats, or winter swallows. They are sometimes in dense mating swarms
in a bit of sunlight in the forest, or at the edges of forests.

Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer, Teacher
Snohomish

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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A bat!

Yeah, sounds like the one that flew low between me and another person many
years ago here in Bellingham. It was dusk, and we were trying to call barred
owls. It seemed like it was telling us that it was not amused. This was in
March, I think; anyway seemingly too cold for insects to be out and about.

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: mgd at myuw.net
> I was walking the dog around Seward Park this evening and saw a bat!
> This was at
> 5:25 p.m. It was large?certainly larger than a Myotis, and I'd guess
> bigger than a Big Brown--maybe a Hoary or Silver-haired bat? It?s the
> earliest in the year I?ve seen an active bat.
>
> It was too late in the day for it to see it?s shadow?
>
> Mike Donahue
> Beacon Hill, Seattle
>
>
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