Geo’s post on bats spurred me to tell my own bat story.
Saturday birding my patch on Burns Rd. around 11:30 am I saw a brown bat
hunting under the power line cut.
I’ve never seen bats out in the bright sunlight. I watched this bat for about
10 minutes, before moving on, and even got a digiscope picture when it landed
on a tree trunk to rest for awhile.
I don’t know how common this is with brown bats. An online search does
indicate it happens. Apparently in some species and locations it is more likely
when there is an abundance of prey and not many predators.
It was a fun sighting,
Gary
On May 6, 2023, at 8:43 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote:
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird visited my feeder earlier this evening, and just
now the big brown bats have emerged from my roof.
-Geo
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