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Pallid Bat

Antrozous pallidus

Photo by fightwns
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Field Notes

Notes:

Our private wildlife management company was doing an exclusion for a homeowner. She had a bat enter her home and was absolutely terrified - wanted them gone as quickly as possible. We told her we can exclude the bats so they can no longer enter the house, but convinced her to leave the maternity colony safe and sound (you can actually hear them when standing in her foyer). She was so happy (and now informed about how wonderful bats are) that she even let us release this female right back onto her property.

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Comments (42)

great pic and great story! The job of convincing people about conserving biodiversity and about not killing animals or plants just because they are scared are priorities.
The Pallid Bat ears, teeth and all give me the goose bumps! Congratulations!!
Congratulations !!
Awesome spotting, congratulations!
Magnificent spotting, and what an awesome story! Congratulations on Spotting of the Week. Even the bat is smiling. ;-)
Such a lovely story. Well done & congrats on your SOTW!
Great story,great spotting Fightwns,congrats on the SOTW,thanks for sharing
Congratulations on your SOTW!
Awesome! Congratulations on this wonderful recognition from National Geographic.
Congratulations Holly, this little guy is creating quite a stir! The Pallid bat is known for its large ears, which are almost half as long as the length of the bat has been chosen National Geographic Spotting of the Week. https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/posts/197747990349624 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/303169669160894465
So cute:D Great photo!
I would love a bat colony outside my house. They eat all the mosquitos and other nasty bugs. Also, they're awesome and very cute.
Congrats fightwns on spotting of the week :)
Happy story!! Good job "converting" people!
Fantastic job guys!! Inspiring story! Well done!
I love a story with a happy ending! Holly, I've added your info to the notes so that everyone can easily see it, & I've also shared this lovely spotting with our Facebook community.
I think your story should be in the content of your page so everyone sees it.
Thanks for adding the notes on the circumstances of the spotting; great that this bat could be released!
What a great story! Love its face :)
Hi Karen :) Our private wildlife management company was doing an exclusion for a homeowner. She had a bat enter her home and was absolutely terrified - wanted them gone as quickly as possible. We told her we can exclude the bats so they can no longer enter the house, but convinced her to leave the maternity colony safe and sound (you can actually hear them when standing in her foyer). She was so happy (and now informed about how wonderful bats are) that she even let us release this female right back onto her property.
What an interesting bat! What's the story here? Is it being rehabilitated for instance?

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