Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:53:13 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Anthony G. Futcher" Subject: Re: Other winged creatures MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jeffrey, all are common in this area. I would think the red is the less likely, but all three are very likely to be seen. The red bats will have smaller ears than the other two. The little brown will be significantly smaller than the other two. All of this, of course is quite subjective. See if you can catch any other clues if you see them again. Good luck. Tony Futcher "Metter, Jeffrey" wrote: > We went out to look for Nighthawks last night and instead found some bats > flying over the house. Does anybody know what types of bats we might find in > the heart of Ellicott City (3 miles from Bonnie's famous backyard)? We > narrowed the choice down to Big Brown Bats, Little Brown Bats, or Red Bats. > Any help would be appreciated. > Elayne Metter > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony G. (Tony) Futcher, Ph.D. e-mail: tfutcher@cuc.edu Director of Records, Columbia Union College fax : 301-891-4121 Takoma Park, MD 20912 office : 301-891-4119 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================