Subject: Reply to [Tweeters] Day-flying bat at Vantage
Date: Mar 10 19:47:27 2011
From: Jonathan Lucas - varanus7 at gmail.com


Hi Denny,

Saw your post on Tweeters about the bat. I am bat researcher over in
Richland, WA. Great sighting! Seeing a bat flying in day is not common, but
it is not unusual. Last year during the late summer I saw a silver-haired
bat flying around trees near the Yakima river in the afternoon. I understand
in light of the White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) going on back east a concern about
such a sighting. Hopefully we will not see WNS west of the rockies. Even
though bats flying in the daytime has been an observation back east doesn't
necessarily mean WNS is the cause. Here in the west, we are trying to better
understand what normal bat behavior is during all seasons so we can better
assess when something abnormal does occur. Because of their nocturnal nature
it make them a challenge to study.

thanks for the post......

Jonathan Lucas
Richland, WA
varanus7 at gmail.com

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*From:* tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:
tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Denny Granstrand
*Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:24 PM
*To:* tweeters at u.washington.edu
*Subject:* [Tweeters] Day-flying bat at Vantage



Hi Tweeters,

I was at Vantage Saturday morning. At 11:30 along the road down to the
river at Gingko State Park (Google Maps calls it Recreation Drive), I saw a
bat flying along one of the rock faces along the north side of the road. Is
this a sign that white-nose syndrome has arrived?

There were no unusual birds to report.

Denny Granstrand
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