I could never figure out the prey this kite was carrying. Looks like some pine straw is in its grip with the prey.
Daytime resting spot in a landscape planted Bismark Palm, Bismarkia nobilis.
My friend sent me this photo. Not sure if this is normal to see in Vancouver?
Being eaten by an iguana.
Onboard Viking Octantis cruise ship. Originally landed on my back while walking back deck after dinner!
Immature Female weighing 10.6g.
Total wingspan approx. 23cm
Other measurements:
TL 89mm; T 30.9mm; FA 45mm; TR 5.0mm; E 11.5mm; HF 9.5mm.
Please read the comments as to why the ID was changed to Seminole. Very informative.
Video shows it is certainly a bat but frames are a little fuzzy. Interesting creature to catch on a trail cam
Waning moon, clouds 8/8, 18-deg, wing 6kmph. Caught 131 of 67 moths, 4 Trichoptera, 7 Coleoptera, etc.
Observed in the Tribute in Light memorial while conducting a migration survey. Shows a distinct collar and pale body coloration
Silvery wash on back plus black face seem to point toward Silver-haired Bat over Hoary Bat, etc.
Albino Mexican Free-tailed bat. Two were observed but only this one was clearly visible. Roosting in expansion joints under the Yolo Causeway (Highway 80)
Has been roosting in the same area for several days. It appears there may have been another one nearby as we heard some calls that seemed to be coming from another spot near this one. This bat's location is known to Zoo Miami conservation and they are working on trying to relocate it or putting a bat house nearby to avoid any interactions with humans. I shot this photo with a zoom lens and didn't get too close.
Great emergence this evening! Relatively early / bright relative to sunset, and some streams of bats spiraled up over the field instead of directly heading away over the lake.
I cut down a dead pine tree, killed by pine beetles. While limbing the downed tree, I noticed very large chunks of the bark were completely loose and peeling off. I discovered 8 silver hair bats underneath the bark. The bats were unharmed. I covered them back up and put 2 cut-up apples near them. I will be hanging up bat houses later this week. My property is right on a pond/wetland and I definitely want them around for mosquito control.
This is the second morning I have seen many crows waiting outside the bat houses for one to emerge. This morning in particular I actually saw a crow catch the bat with its talons midair and take the prey item atop the bat houses. Previous mornings there has been a Red-tailed Hawk and Mississippi Kite in the area as well, the hawk was also looking for bats and there’s an occasional mockingbird dive bombing them.
Seen on a field trip hosted by Connect-to-Protect at Trinity Pineland, an EEL preserve (Environmentally Endangered Lands). Connect-to-Protect is a program run by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and offers a free pine rockland plant starter kit to local homeowners, including several plants to help create habitat for our native pollinators and other critters that rely on these plants. You can learn more here:
https://fairchildgarden.org/science-and-education/science/connect-to-protect/
Thanks to Jenn P and Joy K for hosting a great educational walk through this special preserve. Here is the flyer for this field trip, received on the Connect-to-Protect e-mail newsletter:
https://flic.kr/p/2m7NGwt
Other iNaturalist observations from this field trip: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2021-06-25&place_id=139260
All iNaturalist observations from Trinity Pineland:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=139260
Note that it is possible to play with the filters on these links to look through the data posted here so far!
Mom with two babies found on a old palm leaf that fell out of the palm. I placed the leaf off the ground in the shade next to some palm trees so hopefully she could climb up. They were gone the next day so hopefully they did.
Surprised to see this bat mid-morning at Sausal Pond. Looked to be catching insects and dipping into the pond for a drink.
Small, foliage-roosting bat
1910h, 24°C, Wanning Gibbous, Cloudy
Wow! This sparrow has a deformed upper beak. Wonder what its prospects are...
Recently killed in Winter Storm URI
Albino
Released to tree after being examined.
In a heat wave we have had a great number of flying foxes come to the river. And they have been drinking during the day.
During the heat stress event in FNQ the bats on the river were able to cool down during the day.
Found roosting in small cedar shrub next to parking lot.
Saw a caracara from atop a car-acara!!!!
Its a bat that had buried itself in the sand. What kind of bat is it? UPDATE Eastern Red Bat. Apparently they are known to bury themselves to ward off cold weather.
The bat (circled yellow) together with 420 migrating birds killed on the previous night by colliding with the KTKA-TV tower. For more details, see Ball, L. G., K. Zyskowski, and G. Escalona-Segura. 1995. Recent bird mortality at a Topeka television tower. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin 46:33-36.
Day flying, it was stopping and possibly drinking out of a brackish channel. It was only in view for 30 seconds or so before flying off.
Actively feeding along forest edge/meadow at the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) Ancient Oak Trail and conservation easement lands.
Encontrado muerto
Base of building window downtown Chicago
This guy was fighting a Crow and was dropped from about 50 feet up... it died on impact. Added to the collection at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
On board a ship
Dead bats? Stop #6 (2nd bridge) on Trout Creek Nature Trail. Six dead, all hanging on creekside thistle blossoms.
This one dropped out of a tree while I was reading the Alchemist. Saw as a bad omen so I biked away to a new location. Probably should have called animal control but I had a lot of other things on my mind at the time. Hope the fellow is okay...