They are indeed Cave Myotis, not free-tailed bats. They probably moved into one of the other area caves now that the pups are volant. Roost switching like that is not at all uncommon.
Jim Mobile email from my iPhone > On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near > Cave Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few > years friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. > > I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought > there was a sizable population of Mexican free-tail bats utilizing it as a > maternity cave. We were surprised that only five bats were seen, expecting to > see hundreds, if not thousands. > > What can someone tell me about what’s known about the bats of Spring Creek > Cave? > > Bill Steele > speleoste...@aol.com > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
