Hi, Mike.

Big Brown Bat is the commonest large bat in this area, Hoary the only
reasonably common species that is still larger. Silver-haired is
smaller than Big Brown. Hoaries are supposed to be south of here at
this time of year, as they are migratory. Big Brown looks pretty big
if you are used to seeing myotis.

Dennis


On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:07 PM, tweeters-
request at mailman2.u.washington.edu wrote:

> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 18:31:34 -0800 (PST)
> From: mgd at myuw.net
> Subject: [Tweeters] A bat!
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>
> 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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