[eloshwg] Re: Impaled bat

From: "Amy Chabot" <achabot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: eloshwg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kearns, Amy" <AKearns@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 08:25:06 -0400

Hi,
I've found the same thing in areas with shrike and, like Amy suggested, I go
by how they are 'impaled'. What I've found makes me think they got ensnared
by the barb wire vs. impaled.
Amy

From: "Kearns, Amy" <AKearns@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "eloshwg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <eloshwg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 10:57:19 +0000
Subject: [eloshwg] Re: Impaled bat

I find impaled bats pretty frequently in areas with no shrikes (several bats
each year). Bats are prone to collide with barbed wire and get ensnared by
the tail or the wing. Only once have I found an ensnared bat that was still
alive. Not saying that your shrike didn’t impale this bat, but you might
want to consider that it may have just accidentally collided with the wire,
especially if there is no other visible injuries. It appears to be hanging
from the tail which seems like an atypical way for a shrike to impale prey.

Other species I’ve found that have accidentally become ensnared after
collision with barbed wire are American robin, eastern meadowlark, song
sparrow, red-shouldered hawk, and great horned owl.

Amy Kearns
Assistant Ornithologist
Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife

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On May 19, 2022, at 12:23 AM, Than Boves <tboves@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Yesterday we found a Loggerhead Shrike in the Ozarks near the Mark Twain
National Forest in SE Missouri (which the first time I have found one in
this area) and amongst his cached food items was this impaled eastern red
bat!

Than

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