[NatureNS] single BAT roosting spots noticed at Kentville and Wolfville

Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:19:09 -0300
From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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Sept. 6-7, 2006 - At the Valley Regional Hospital, Pat and a nurse noticed
two  BATS (presumably Little Brown Bats) at separate single roosting sites;
both sites were fairly well lit; first site was an entranceway with a low
ceiling, at the junction of the roof and wall, among lots of cobwebs of
house spiders (Theridiidae) loaded with egg-sacs and remains of eaten or
decomposed prey items); and the other site was an open-air, well-lit garden
and sitting spot surrounded by parts of the hospital, at the junction of two
vertical brick walls, perhaps 5 metres above the ground; both of these bats
were roosting in essentially the exact same spots over the two consecutive
days noted.

Sept. 8, 2006 - 2 PHOTOS of N.S. Liquor Commission store in Wolfville, and a
BAT (probably Little Brown Bat) roosting in the entranceway; this is a
well-lit area, shaded but with white walls and a low ceiling (about 5 metres
up from ground), and the bat was hanging from the junction of a wall and the
ceiling.  This bat was first noticed by Doug Linzey earlier in the day.

Does this sighting plus the two seen on Sept. 6-7/06 signify something
happening right now regarding movements of bats?  Or are these just routine
summertime roosting spots for male or immature female Little Brown Bats that
are not often noticed by people?  Could there already be a movement under
way toward the hibernacula (caves or mines)?

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Avenue 
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3
phone (902)542-9204 (home)
fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)
e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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