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Little Brown Myotis was radio-tagged at the large Woodard Bay colony. Right
away this bat flew 8.5 miles (13 km) to Capitol Lake, and spent the entire night feeding
there. The miniature radio-tag weighs only about 1/3 of a gram (1/80 of an ounce) and is gently glued to her fur using a medical adhesive.
Although I can sometimes hear it up to a couple of miles away on my tracking radios,
when they are skimming the surface of the water feeding on midges
and caddis flies, the range is only several hundred meters.
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August 2003
Poster
presentation of the 2003-2004 Myotis bat
Our own BAT RADAR images showing foraging bats at Capitol Lake, Olympia, WA |
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(about the Woodard Bay colony) |
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"So many bats... so little time."
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