Re: [Texascavers] Another LeBlanc article on caving : Kickapoo Cavern SP :

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Vreeland 
I think the confusion stems from the fact that there's simply a  
million brazillion of the dang things.


On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Nico Escamilla wrote:

Seems like bats no longer want to be Mexican and they turned  
Brasilian, LOL

must be all the violence going on :-P

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:08 PM,  wrote:
Into the dark: Spelunk in the raw abyss of Kickapoo Cavern

By Pamela LeBlanc
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Updated: 7:24 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010

Published: 5:07 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010


Besides the wild cave tours, which are offered by reservation only  
on Saturdays, the park is known for its bat population. From April  
through September, a colony of more than half a million Brazilian  
free-tailed bats swoops out of Stuart Bat Cave, which is slightly  
smaller than Kickapoo Cavern, on a nightly mission to feast on  
insects.


http://www.austin360.com/recreation/into-the-dark-822622.html

Re: [Texascavers] Another LeBlanc article on caving : Kickapoo Cavern SP :

2010-07-26 Thread Nico Escamilla 
The scientific name for Mexican Freetailed  Bat is Tadarida Brasiliensis.. I
think thats what causes the confusion.
Nico

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Fritz Holt wrote:

>  I have seen them referred to as Brazilian free-tailed bats in other
> written material and wondered if they were mistaken and should have said
> Mexican or are there two distinct varieties of free-tailed bats? What’s the
> answer, Jim?
>
>
>
> Fritz
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Nico Escamilla [mailto:pitboun...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 12:26 PM
> *To:* jerryat...@aol.com
> *Cc:* Texascavers@texascavers.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Another LeBlanc article on caving : Kickapoo
> Cavern SP :
>
>
>
> Seems like bats no longer want to be Mexican and they turned Brasilian, LOL
>
> must be all the violence going on :-P
>
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:08 PM,  wrote:
>   *Into the dark: Spelunk in the raw abyss of Kickapoo Cavern*
>
> By Pamela 
> LeBlanc<http://www.austin360.com/recreation/into-the-dark-822622.html?service=popup&authorContact=822622&authorContactField=0>
>
> AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
>
> Updated: 7:24 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010
>
> Published: 5:07 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010
>
>
>
> Besides the wild cave tours, which are offered by reservation only on
> Saturdays, the park is known for its bat population. From April through
> September, a colony of more than half a million Brazilian free-tailed bats
> swoops out of Stuart Bat Cave, which is slightly smaller than Kickapoo
> Cavern, on a nightly mission to feast on insects.
>
> http://www.austin360.com/recreation/into-the-dark-822622.html
>
>
>

RE: [Texascavers] Another LeBlanc article on caving : Kickapoo Cavern SP :

2010-07-26 Thread Fritz Holt 
I have seen them referred to as Brazilian free-tailed bats in other written 
material and wondered if they were mistaken and should have said Mexican or are 
there two distinct varieties of free-tailed bats? What's the answer, Jim?

Fritz


From: Nico Escamilla [mailto:pitboun...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:26 PM
To: jerryat...@aol.com
Cc: Texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Another LeBlanc article on caving : Kickapoo Cavern 
SP :

Seems like bats no longer want to be Mexican and they turned Brasilian, LOL
must be all the violence going on :-P
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:08 PM, 
mailto:jerryat...@aol.com>> wrote:
Into the dark: Spelunk in the raw abyss of Kickapoo Cavern
By Pamela 
LeBlanc<http://www.austin360.com/recreation/into-the-dark-822622.html?service=popup&authorContact=822622&authorContactField=0>

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Updated: 7:24 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010

Published: 5:07 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010


Besides the wild cave tours, which are offered by reservation only on 
Saturdays, the park is known for its bat population. From April through 
September, a colony of more than half a million Brazilian free-tailed bats 
swoops out of Stuart Bat Cave, which is slightly smaller than Kickapoo Cavern, 
on a nightly mission to feast on insects.

http://www.austin360.com/recreation/into-the-dark-822622.html

Re: [Texascavers] Another LeBlanc article on caving : Kickapoo Cavern SP :

2010-07-26 Thread Nico Escamilla 
Seems like bats no longer want to be Mexican and they turned Brasilian, LOL
must be all the violence going on :-P

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:08 PM,  wrote:

>   Into the dark: Spelunk in the raw abyss of Kickapoo Cavern
> By Pamela 
> LeBlanc
>
> AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
>
> Updated: 7:24 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010
>
> Published: 5:07 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010
>
> Besides the wild cave tours, which are offered by reservation only on
> Saturdays, the park is known for its bat population. From April through
> September, a colony of more than half a million Brazilian free-tailed bats
> swoops out of Stuart Bat Cave, which is slightly smaller than Kickapoo
> Cavern, on a nightly mission to feast on insects.
>
> http://www.austin360.com/recreation/into-the-dark-822622.html
>