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Little brown bat was radio-tagged at the large Woodard Bay colony. Right
away this bat flew 8 1/2 miles to Capitol Lake and spent the night feeding
there. The miniature radio-tag weighs only about 1/3 of a gram (yes, that's
1/80 of an ounce) is gently glued to her fur using a medical adhesive.
I can hear it up to a couple of miles away on my special radio receivers,
but when they are skimming the surface of the water feeding on mosquitos
and caddis flies sometime the range is only several hundred yards.
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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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