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Posted by Frank Izaguirre on 10:46:22 10/09/14
In Reply to: Flying things other than birds posted by Toe
I went through a phase just a couple months ago where I tried to teach myself about South Florida's bat species, which was inspired by all the press coverage for the discovery of the rare and endemic Florida bonneted bat being common on the Granada Golf Course. I wouldn't say I learned a whole lot, but I did get some sense of the species around.
We have about six here: evening bat, Brazilian free-tailed bat, Seminole bat, northern yellow bat, tricolored bat, and Florida bonneted bat. The first two are colonial, while the second two are solitary. The first four are all common. Tricolored bat is uncommon, while Florida bonneted is flat out rare.
Also, tricolored is apparently quite small, while Florida bonneted and northern yellow are big guys. The northern yellow roosts under dead palm fronds, so when gardeners remove those dead fronds they are directly destroying the habitat of this species, pretty sad. Sometimes while I'm birding I like to check beneath fronds just in case I someday discover a roosting northern yellow.
Anyway, I also hope to keep learning about South Florida bats. This website seems to have some good information: http://www.floridabats.org/floridabats.htm
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