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Eastern Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

Photo by J.T.Layne
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Field Notes

Description:

Foliage roosting insectivore. Rarely observed roosting in caves. This species has been known to give birth to four individuals at a time.

Habitat:

Woodlands. Often observed feeding near street lamps.

Notes:

Known to overwinter on the ground during temperatures less than 10 C in the Midwest.

This species, along with hoary bats and silver-haired bats, make up the majority of bat fatalities found at wind farms within North America. http://www.batcon.org/index.php/what-we-do/bats-and-wind-energy.html

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Please consider adding this spotting to the new North American Bat Tracker mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/18306114

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Bat Monitoring Project
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2012

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