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A common cave bat (Myotis velifer) | No signs of WNS (White Nose Syndrome) | Sometimes you get a bunch of bats together forming a mat. |
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One bat lands, then another snuggles next to it... and then the mat grows. | or not... don't know why they do or don't | A mat of 6 |
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While other mats can be in the 100's (even thousands) | ||
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What happens when a bat farts | No, really it's just a natural occurrence.. sometimes there is a hole, sometimes many, many times none. | |
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The Bat Counters for 2022 | ||
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Matt, Mel, and Mike (adding up the numbers) waiting for the visitors on the trail to come back and take us up the hill on the tram! | Final count on the notebook. | |
Last updated: 1/30/22