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Field Notes

Description:

No feathers.
Blackish/brown color.
About the size of sparrows.
They move fast!
They swoop around starting in the evening.

Habitat:

Ive seen them by the river, I took these pictures 5 blocks up from the river. (The Potomac river).

Notes:

Pics taken around 7:30 pm.
There are a lot of them.

Species ID Suggestions

Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

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AshleyT
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Comments (5)
AshleyT
This should be moved to the birds category, thanks.
J.T.Layne
I agree that they look more like swifts/swallows
AfriBats
They look like swifts or swallows rather than bats.
snapenerd
Thankyou. Didnt know they were mammals, thankyou!
Maria dB
Could you please change the common name to bat? The photos are not clear and close enough to determine a precise identification so the scientific name will have to be left blank. Also, you can change the category to mammal as bats are mammals. Thank you!

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Bat Monitoring Project
Mission
Global Flight
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJune 9, 2014

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