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Lasiurus borealis
**I am a trained Bat Rehab and Rescuer. Please only admire bats from afar =] ** These are Juvenile Red Bats who I had rescued and was able to release. There is one male and 3 females Males have red hair while females are chestnut-colored with whitish frosting on the tips of the fur. Females can have 2-5 pups in May/June. When they are about 6-8 weeks they begin to fly and live a solitary life. These juveniles are about 5 weeks old.
They roost in trees and are a solitary bat. They have been found to hibernate under leaf litter on the ground. Their wintering habits are still being researched on how far they migrate.
If you look at picture number 4 you can see the male red. He has bright red fur while the other three have a gray/white dusting on their fur. The mom will roost with her young until they are old enough to fly. Since they live in trees they will hang onto each other and their mom. These little guys were found on the ground without their mom when they were only about 2 weeks old. They were successfully released =]
Lat: 39.20, Long: -85.98
Spotted on Jul 2, 2008
Submitted on Jan 23, 2012
13 Comments
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Terri thanks for what you do! It must be so disheartening.
Thanks for posting the links for others to read. =]
Great series Terri! Gale, here is a decent link to white nose related information: http://www.batcon.org/index.php/what-we-...
USFWS has just released an estimate of at least 5.7 million bats have died. Thankfully these bats don't seem to be in danger of the fungus, however they have been found during mortality surveys at wind farms in great numbers throughout North America. http://www.batcon.org/index.php/what-we-...
Thank you AnnalisaD, that is what I think...they are my favorite bat, and most delicate.
At Bat World Sanctuary some of our rehabbers are working with fish and wildlife. We have a rehabbing protocol and are trying to still understand the long term effects. It is scary...the past 3 years the number of cave dwelling bats I have rehabbed have decreased by half
awww they are ever so cute! :)
That is what I was hoping. Are bat folks getting any closer to understanding what it is and how to prevent it?
A world without bats would be a sad and buggy one!
Thank you and KarneL...and Nopayahnah it is so thrilling every time I get to re-release the bats back in the wild. That is my favorite part of the job =]
Right now it is only cave dwelling bats that are suffering from white nose so far follage bats are spared because they hibernate alone or migrate.
These bats aren't suffering from the white nose syndrome are they? Does it help that they don't hibernate in large groups?
Lovely photos & great information!
great that you were able to raise and release them!