texascavers Digest 11 Jun 2014 22:26:52 -0000 Issue 1993

2014-06-11 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 11 Jun 2014 22:26:52 - Issue 1993 Topics (messages 23926 through 23933): Congress in Tamaulipas Researching 23926 by: Espeleo Coahuila future speleo-vehicle ?? 23927 by: David Cave Rescue going on in Germany's deepest cave 23928 by: Lee H.

RE: [Texascavers] Cluster or Clutter of Spiders' Specifically Harvestmen Daddy Longlegs

2014-06-11 Thread Louise Power
To add to the fun, Wikipedia lists the following group nouns:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_in_EnglishSome of my personal faves:a murder of crows, an unkindness of ravens and a stare of raccoons.I'd like to nominate the following for harvestmen:a pillow of

Re: [Texascavers] Cluster or Clutter of Spiders' Specifically Harvestmen Daddy Longlegs

2014-06-11 Thread Robert B
I like Pillow. Its visually right on, yet jacks with your sensibilities, Creepy! A Fever of Ticks An Apparition of Amphipods A Shadow of Scorpions A Muck of Cavers I'm looking for on salamanders On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Louise Power power_lou...@hotmail.com wrote: To add to the fun,

[SWR] Bat hibernation

2014-06-11 Thread karstpatrol
Tri color Bats in MN hibernate from Oct to late April. In TX I have seen them hibernate only maybe 2 months. Why are southern states following the  same guidelines as northern states? ET Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone___ SWR mailing

Re: [SWR] Bat hibernation

2014-06-11 Thread Debbie Buecher
Hi ET, The cave myotis in southern Arizona go up in elevation and enter hibernation in late Sept and come out in April. Myotis are the hardest hit back east so we have real concerns for their counterparts in the West. Debbie Debbie Buecher Buecher Biological Consulting Sent from my Verizon

Re: [SWR] Bat hibernation

2014-06-11 Thread Jennifer Foote
When we put the cave temp loggers in one year we had several hundred in one of the roosts I think Oct 10. The same year Knutt had seen them in a different roost after the normal April 15 opening. So sometimes they are in the caves earlier/later than the current seasonal closure times. It

Re: [SWR] Bat hibernation

2014-06-11 Thread Stephen Fleming
On 06/11/2014 7:17, Debbie Buecher wrote: Hi ET, The cave myotis in southern Arizona go up in elevation and enter hibernation in late Sept and come out in April. Myotis are the hardest hit back east so we have real concerns for their counterparts in the West. Debbie Your statement about

Re: [SWR] Bat hibernation

2014-06-11 Thread Stephen Fleming
On 06/11/2014 20:25, Debbie Buecher wrote: I have _*REAL*_ scientific data that I have presented a number of times at SWR paper regionals that documents bat hibernacula microclimate data (temperatures and RH) from both AZ and NM bat roosts. It shows conclusively that these caves have