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Subject: Re: Bat(s) at Alligator River count, too
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:23:10 -0500
From: weymouth woods <weymouth@pinehurst.net>
To: Harry Legrand <harry.legrand@ncmail.net>
References: <3E074F6A.DACD4566@ncmail.net>



Hi - all while watching red-cockaded woodpeckers at the Boyd Tract yesterday - Sunday - I saw two red bats at 3:30 pm. both in good light at close range flying in an irregular circle. I saw several more bats - 8 to 10 around the Weymouth tract. Not positive they were all reds. We often see bats in winter here in the sandhills even flush them off the ground/low scrub oaks during prescribed burns. On one occasion had a Kesterl nearly catch a bat that was flushed during a prescribed burn.

Scott Hartley
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
Southern Pines, NC - Moore Co,

Harry Legrand wrote:

Folks:
	After reading about Josh Rose's Red Bat on the Chapel Hill count
yesterday, I felt obliged to chime in. I too saw a Red Bat yesterday, on
the Alligator River NWR (bird) count. Actually, everyone seemed to enjoy
the mammals on the count as much as the birds. I saw a Red Bat cruising
Buffalo City Rd. from 3:45 onward (still plenty of daylight), and as it
flew low enough that I could see its color against the dark backgound of
the trees, it was clear it was a Red Bat. (I was hoping for something
rarer, like a Hoary or Silver-haired.) My highlight was a Mink that ran
across Twiford Rd (wet fields and ditches) at daybreak, one of just a
few live Minks I've seen in NC (see a few roadkills as well). And, I
heard a Red Wolf-pack just before dawn along US 64, interrupting any
chance I had to hear any owls! Other folks saw River Otters, Black
Bears, etc. It was mild enough that a Cloudless Sulphur and a Common
Green Darner were flying around, and locusts were popping up underfoot
everywhere in sheltered spots. My personal bird highlights were watching
4-6 Bald Eagles constantly flushing the several thousand ducks along
Twiford Road, normally closed to the public except for a brief time in
fall.

Jeff Lewis should have the count highlights posted shortly. No super
bird rarities to chase, unfortunately, but a very good count.