Alabaster Bat Count 2012 - page 2

                                                                                                                                    

Saturday, February 18, 2012 - Time for the annual Alabaster Caverns State Park (here in Oklahoma) Bat Count (ABC). Volunteers of the park gather to take the annual winter bat population (which should be hibernating the winter away!).

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Had this one bat that died on the wall and is growing mold as he wastes away...
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Yucko! But you leave bread on the wall and it will go to town like this too!
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1/2 way in the cave you see something you just don't see in a cave!! A cat!! (and he's healthy!).. a bat flew by and he went crazy... guess what he's eating??
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One of the data recorders....
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Jerry get's the job of getting the data off of it... Mike can then download the data on a computer and look at long term readings of the cave...
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Lots of views of this one bat for the scientists... head on... Side shot... Top view... they look healthy here!!
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Due to recent rains all of the waterfalls and the creek were flowing quite nicely! The creek overflowed the bridges bring mud onto the cave tour trail... We're dressed for it....but I kept thinking of someone dressed with nice white Nike tennies and going though this! <grin>
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Finally near the exit we hit nice size groups
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And no... we're not touching them... we get near so you can see how little they really are!
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Last updated: 2/18/12