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--Apple-Mail-17--452205772 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This is downright scary, I would say -- I'm thinking, of course, about the white-nose disease and what it does to bats in winter in the hibernacula -- the fungus, Geomyces destructans, wakes the bats up and causes them to forage in mid-winter, a huge waste of stored energy needed for later in the year. Could there be a hibernaculum close to Kentville? There certainly are steep ravines and cliffs along rivers and streams in the area. I might have seen a flying bat along Belcher St. west of Port Williams just a week ago or so, but I was unsure -- I turned around and drove back there, but saw nothing. In "normal" years weather-wise, I always think of early April for the earliest reports of flying bats in eastern King's County. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard <sternrichard@gmail.com> > Date: March 19, 2012 4:47:28 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Bats, Kentville > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > There were 2 bats flying near the trees on the Miners Marsh trail > in Kentville this afternoon. Both were brown, 1 was about 50% > bigger than the other. I don't know the ID of either, but I thought > it was a bit unusual in bright sunshine in mid March. > > Richard Stern > Sent from my iPad --Apple-Mail-17--452205772 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> This is downright scary, I would say -- I'm thinking, of course, about = the white-nose disease and what it does to bats in winter in the = hibernacula -- the fungus, Geomyces destructans, wakes the bats up and = causes them to forage in mid-winter, a huge waste of stored energy = needed for later in the year. Could there be a hibernaculum close = to Kentville? There certainly are steep ravines and cliffs along = rivers and streams in the area.<div><br></div><div>I might have seen a = flying bat along Belcher St. west of Port Williams just a week ago or = so, but I was unsure -- I turned around and drove back there, but saw = nothing.</div><div><br></div><div>In "normal" years weather-wise, I = always think of early April for the earliest reports of flying bats in = eastern King's County.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Richard <<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 19, 2012 4:47:28 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Bats, = Kentville</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">There were 2 bats flying near the trees on the = Miners Marsh trail in Kentville this afternoon. Both were brown, 1 was = about 50% bigger than the other. I don't know the ID of either, but I = thought it was a bit unusual in bright sunshine in mid March.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Richard = Stern</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sent from my iPad</div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-17--452205772--
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