In a message dated 1/27/03 8:53:23 AM Central Standard Time, eastin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: << Subj: [TN-Bird] Wintering Bats Date: 1/27/03 8:53:23 AM Central Standard Time From: eastin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Todd V. Eastin) Sender: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: eastin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (TN-bird) 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 >> On December 16, at 2:30 pm, I drove past park HQ at Shelby Forest State Park, nw Shelby County. The day was bright, sunny and cool. I was shocked to see a red bat fly directly across the road in front of my truck, from the HQ building toward the trees on the other side. One afternoon in late November, while walking my dog about dusk, I noticed a bat of unknown species flying over my neighbor's yard. What all these late season chiropteran comings and goings signify, I have no idea. Van Harris Millington (Shelby County), TN >> =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================