[TN-Bird] Re: Wintering Bats

I also had a bat apparently sleeping on our front porch last night, as it flew 
off this morning when I turned on the light to go out and get the paper about 
6:30 am (30 January).  I was also surprised to see one at this time of year, 
but my knowledge on this subject is obviously very limited.

Dev Joslin
Oak Ridge, TN

"Todd V. Eastin" wrote:

> I know this is a question about a mammal.  But we have a broad range of 
> interests in the birding community; and I have a question about a surprising 
> event that took place in our house last night.  While reading in bed, my wife 
> and I were briefly visited by a bat.  It circled the room a couple of times 
> and left.  OK, this opens us up to all sorts of peripheral questions, 
> including how it got in the house in the first place.  But what is bat doing 
> flying around in the winter anyway?  Don't they usually hibernate or migrate? 
>  No identification of species was possible.  Perhaps unfortunate for the bat, 
> it also visited a friend who was staying upstairs and he put it out a 
> window....outside temperature 19 degrees.  Comments invited.
>
> Todd Eastin
> Shady Valley,
> Johnson Co., TN
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