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What
is the BatCam?
This is a picture of the ceiling inside an old
log cabin that contains a maternity colony of the
Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii).
A maternity colony is where many female bats congregate and
have their young. And yes, there really are bats here -- 125
to 150, in fact -- but at times you won't be able to see all
or even any of them. That's because bats don't have a stationary
nest. Instead, they move themselves and their young according
to temperature. On a cool day a hundred of them may be clustered
together at the top of the ceiling; on warm days they may
be scattered individually or in dozens around the cabin ceiling.
Around 8:30 or 9 p.m. they may be seen flying to leave the
cabin to forage for food (although the image, refreshed only
every 15 seconds or so, may be blurry.) Full
Story
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Update
February 2008
Not active this year. The bats return
next year, hope you will too!
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