Subject: [Tweeters] Is it early for bats?
Date: Feb 7 11:04:09 2010
From: vogelfreund at comcast.net - vogelfreund at comcast.net


Many years ago, while walking along the local Connelly Creek trail in Bellingham at dusk, we were surprised by a chunky bat that flew between us (we were playing a cassette recorder of owl calls). It acted annoyed, but maybe it was just out hunting for a bug or two. Anyway, I think it was in March, and quite chilly for bats, I thought at the time. I eventually concluded it was a Silver-haired Bat, after reading about bats.


Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly McAllister" <mcallisters4 at comcast.net>
To: "Ed Swan" <edswan at centurytel.net>, "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2010 5:34:37 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Is it early for bats?


Greg Falxa?has done research on?foraging?bats during winter in western Washington?and found that Silver-haired bats and California Myotis are both present in our area during the winter. California Bats are small, smaller than your description, I think. Silver-haired bat matches your size description fairly well. Big Brown Bats are about the right size but I forget whatever I may have heard about their status in winter here.
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Kelly McAllister
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Swan
To: tweeters
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:02 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Is it early for bats?


Just now I looked up in our clearing in the woods and saw a bat with a 5-6" wing span and 3-4" long and fairly chunky.? Is it early for them to be back and is that enough of a description to tell which species?
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Ed Swan
Vashon Island






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