bats

Bats : 

Bats of Seward Park & Seattle

2 Types of Bats : 

2 Types of Bats Mega Bats (megachiroptera) Micro Bats (microchiroptera)

Mega Bats : 

Mega Bats

Micro Bats : 

Micro Bats

Vampire Bats : 

Vampire Bats

Bat Anatomy : 

Bat Anatomy

Bat Wings : 

Bat Wings

Bat Feet : 

Bat Feet

Bat Tails-Uropatagium : 

Bat Tails-Uropatagium

Bat Ears & Echolocation : 

Bat Ears & Echolocation A bat emits a sound wave and listens carefully to the echoes that return to it. By determining how long it takes a noise to return, the bat's brain figures out how far away an object is. The bat can also determine where the object is, how big it is and in what direction it is moving. The bat can tell if an insect is to the right or left by comparing when the sound reaches its right ear to when the sound reaches its left ear. A bat processes all of this information unconsciously

Bat Behavior : 

Bat Behavior

Cold-Weather : 

Cold-Weather Migration Torpor Hibernation

Breeding & Young : 

Breeding & Young

Bat Social Lives : 

Bat Social Lives

Bats & Humans : 

Bats & Humans Insect Control Pollination Fertilizer

Bats & Rabies : 

Bats & Rabies Rabies is a severe viral disease that affects the central nervous system. It is almost always fatal. All warm-blooded mammals including humans are susceptible to rabies. There have been two cases of human rabies identified in Washington during the last 20 years. In 1995, a four year old child died of rabies four weeks after a bat was found in her bedroom and in 1997, a 64 year old man was diagnosed with rabies.  Very few bats have rabies. And bats are not "carriers" of rabies - spreading the disease without being harmed themselves. Whenever an animal is acting strangely, it should be avoided. If a wild animal allows you to approach it, something is wrong.

White Nose Syndrome : 

White Nose Syndrome

Threats to bats : 

Threats to bats Humans habitat loss Anger/hatred- kill them outright. Bat predators include snakes, birds of prey, and small mammals, but historically, these animals probably affected bat populations less than weather. Storms can kill numbers of bats during migrations and long winters can kill even more.

Bats of the Pacific Northwest : 

Bats of the Pacific Northwest 13 species in WA state and 11 potentially in the Seattle area. California Myotis   Myotis californicus Western Small-footed Myotis   Myotis ciliolabrum Little Brown Myotis   Myotis lucifugus Keen's Myotis   Myotis keenii Western Long-eared Myotis   Myotis evotis Fringed Myotis   Myotis thysanodes Big Brown Bat   Eptesicus fuscus Canyon Bat   Parastrellus hesperus Silver-haired Bat   Lasionycteris noctivagans Yuma Myotis   Myotis yumanensis Long-legged Myotis   Myotis volans Hoary Bat   Lasiurus cinereus Spotted Bat   Euderma maculatum Pallid Bat   Antrozous pallidus Townsend's Big-eared Bat   Corynorhinus townsendii

Your Turn! : 

Your Turn! Yuma Myotis/Big Brown Bat/Little Brown Myotis http://www.batsnorthwest.org/ http://www.batcon.org/

Yuma Myotis : 

Yuma Myotis

Big Brown Bat : 

Big Brown Bat

Little Brown Myotis : 

Little Brown Myotis

Bat Population Surveys : 

Bat Population Surveys Bat detectors are used to detect the presence of bats and also to come to conclusions about their species. Some bat calls are distinct and easy to recognize While bats can vary their calls as they fly and hunt, the ear can be trained to recognize species according to the frequency ranges and repetition rates of the echolocation calls. Bats also emit social calls (non-echolocation calls) at ultrasound frequencies.

Bat Calls : 

Bat Calls Yuma Bat Little Brown Myotis Big Brown Bats

Identifying Bats : 

Identifying Bats