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Thanks Karen. I called it Tri-colored because several were around the building all summer. But in looking closer & doing further research, Red Bat seems a better ID. That species has also been seen in the area.
Thanks Ava T-B, I updated ID of Tri-colored Bats and joined North American Bat Tracker mission
This looks like the flower of a common plant in lawns and meadows.
This plant was introduced as culinary plant but is now an invasive weed in woodlands throughout North America.
Red maple is also called swamp maple, a common wetland indicator tree
This is probably Erythronium dens-canis, a European species that is cultivated as a landscape plant. I found several large patches (dozens of plants) in this old estate woodland.