I photographed an Eastern Red Bat on March 23, 2007 at Font Hill Wetland 
Park in Howard County. It was resting upside down on a tree trunk until 
3:30 pm, then flew around catching whatever insects it could find. So 
apparently it is not unusual for them to hunt in the late afternoon. I 
was surprised, too - I thought all bats hunted at night.

June

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June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland
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On 3/8/2010 10:24 AM, Stephen Davies wrote:
> While walking the trails at the National Wildlife Visitor Center in Laurel on Saturday afternoon, we were surprised to see this bat hawking for insects in broad daylight, around 3:00PM. As we usually only see these animals in fading light at the beginning and end of the day, it was a treat to see this one in full sun.