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--Boundary_(ID_fJKDa5UEZYKIFents1dNQg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Wednesday 16 April I saw the first bat of the season. It was well before sunset at about 6:00 pm in Port Williams NS. I was on my deck and noticed a bat flitting about in bright sunshine, my daughters were surprised to see one in broad daylight. It spent at least a half hour feeding above our yard, there were lots of some form of flying insect, the bat swooped very low on a number of occasions. It seemed to be larger than the multitude of little brown bats that frequent our yard in the summer, realizing that one bat by itself after not seeing a bat for months is a hard comparison. But this bat seemed to have a lighter belly, the little browns seem to be uniform in colour, the bat today also had very noticeable ears and the tail seemed longer than the body. Having only ever seen one bat that wasn't a little brown bat, (still unidentified) on Brier Island at night over Pond Cove many years ago, I feel this bat was a good candidate for Northern Long Eared Bat. But I am open for questioning on this. Regardless it was a nice sighting as it fed actively on such a warm clear spring afternoon. George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George E. Forsyth ph. 902 681 4910 c/o Evangeline Middle School fax. 902 681 4909 9387 Commercial St. New Minas, N.S. B4N 3G3 --Boundary_(ID_fJKDa5UEZYKIFents1dNQg) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Wednesday 16 April I saw the first bat of the season. It was well before sunset at about 6:00 pm in Port Williams NS. I was on my deck and noticed a bat flitting about in bright sunshine, my daughters were surprised to see one in broad daylight. It spent at least a half hour feeding above our yard, there were lots of some form of flying insect, the bat swooped very low on a number of occasions. It seemed to be larger than the multitude of little brown bats that frequent our yard in the summer, realizing that one bat by itself after not seeing a bat for months is a hard comparison. But this bat seemed to have a lighter belly, the little browns seem to be uniform in colour, the bat today also had very noticeable ears and the tail seemed longer than the body. Having only ever seen one bat that wasn't a little brown bat, (still unidentified) on Brier Island at night over Pond Cove many years ago, I feel this bat was a good candidate for <bold>Northern Long Eared Bat. </bold>But I am open for questioning on this. Regardless it was a nice sighting as it fed actively on such a warm clear spring afternoon. George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George E. Forsyth ph. 902 681 4910 c/o Evangeline Middle School fax. 902 681 4909 9387 Commercial St. New Minas, N.S. B4N 3G3 --Boundary_(ID_fJKDa5UEZYKIFents1dNQg)--
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