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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-188-470339679 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi George, The only reliable way to distinguish a Little Brown Bat from a Northern Long-eared Bat is in the hand where you can check the length of the ear and of the tragus (the flap of skin in the middle of the ear). I don't think one could ever reliably distinguish between them "on the wing". Cheers! Chris On 17-Apr-08, at 12:21 AM, George Forsyth wrote: > 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 > Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-188-470339679 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = George,<div><br></div><div>The only reliable way to distinguish a Little = Brown Bat from a Northern Long-eared Bat is in the hand where you = can check the length of the ear and of the tragus (the flap of skin in = the middle of the ear). I don't think one could ever reliably = distinguish between them "on the = wing".</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><div><br><div><html>On 17-Apr-08, at 12:21 AM, George Forsyth = wrote:</html><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite">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 <b>Northern Long Eared Bat. = </b>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.<br><br>George<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~<br>George E. Forsyth<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>ph. 902 681 = 4910<br>c/o Evangeline Middle School<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>fax. 902 681 4909<br>9387 = Commercial St.<br>New Minas, N.S.<br>B4N = 3G3<br><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> = <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-188-470339679--
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