Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-04 Thread Andrew Gluesenkamp
I’ve been trying to collect Astyanax in winter so we don’t bother the bats. Very few fish. It seems like right after they’ve left the cave for the season would be the best time for guanophiles and their predators. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Bill Steele wrote: > >

Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Bill Steele
Thanks, Jim. Bill > On Aug 3, 2019, at 3:54 PM, Jim Kennedy wrote: > > They are indeed Cave Myotis, not free-tailed bats. They probably moved into > one of the other area caves now that the pups are volant. Roost switching > like that is not at all uncommon. > > Jim > > Mobile email

Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Jim Kennedy
They are indeed Cave Myotis, not free-tailed bats. They probably moved into one of the other area caves now that the pups are volant. Roost switching like that is not at all uncommon. Jim Mobile email from my iPhone > On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele wrote: > > Two weeks ago I took

Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Bill Steele
Thanks, Bill. > On Aug 3, 2019, at 3:45 PM, speodes...@gmail.com wrote: > > Probably would not be freetails but Myotis velifer (cave myotis). We are on > the road in Texas and I don't have my lit. here to check. Jim Kennedy might > know. > > William R. (Bill) Elliott > Sent from my iPhone >

Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread speodesmus
Probably would not be freetails but Myotis velifer (cave myotis). We are on the road in Texas and I don't have my lit. here to check. Jim Kennedy might know. William R. (Bill) Elliott Sent from my iPhone On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele wrote: Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring

[Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Bill Steele
Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near Cave Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few years friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought there