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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 --------------------- 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> ---------------------- ³...... the Earth .....belongs as much to those who come after us as to us; and we have no right, by anything that we do, or neglect to do, to involve them in unnecessary penalties, or to deprive them of benefits which are theirs by right.² - John Ruskin ----------------------
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