Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:13:08 -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 Yes we do have Pipistrelles, Evening bats, several other species of Little Brown Bats, etc, etc. However, in my days of teaching Mammalogy, and doing collecting for museums, I found the three previously mentioned bats much more likely to be encountered than any of the other many possible species. I was merely indication most likely, rether than an exhaustive list of possibilities. Best wishes, Tony Futcher Scott Crabtree wrote: > Don't we also have Eastern Pipistrelles here as well? > > Scott Crabtree > Baltimore, MD > > "Anthony G. Futcher" wrote: > > > 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 > > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================