Re: [Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-07 Thread Mike Flannigan
Thanks for everybody who responded. Mike On 10/7/2019 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: Lack of a tail makes me think Leptonycteris, a nectar-feeding bat. But gawd, what a horrible photo. Jim ___ Texascavers mailing list | ht

Re: [Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-07 Thread Jules Jenkins
Not to disagree w/Jim but, don’t think it’s nectar bats. At BCI, Barbara and I rescued 25 nectar bats and their backs look nothing like that. Where are they getting nectar from, anyway? Just sayin’ Jules On Oct 6, 2019, at 6:43 PM, speodes...@gmail.com wrote: Lack of a tail hints at freetail

Re: [Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-06 Thread Charles Loving
It could be a bat? Oldman Wisdom On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 6:44 PM wrote: > Lack of a tail hints at freetail but the head and ears say not. Bad photo, > no scale, no face photo = no certain i.d. > > William R. (Bill) Elliott > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 6, 2019, at 6:16 PM, Charles Loving wrot

Re: [Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-06 Thread speodesmus
Lack of a tail hints at freetail but the head and ears say not. Bad photo, no scale, no face photo = no certain i.d. William R. (Bill) Elliott Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2019, at 6:16 PM, Charles Loving wrote: Looks like the bats that hang out behind the sign at a lodge here in Deer Corn.

Re: [Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-06 Thread Charles Loving
Looks like the bats that hang out behind the sign at a lodge here in Deer Corn. There are six or seven of them there just hanging out. Mexican Free Tails? On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 5:38 PM Mike Flannigan wrote: > > Wondering if any of you can take a stab at > identifying what kind of bat this is: >

Re: [Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-06 Thread Jim Kennedy
Lack of a tail makes me think Leptonycteris, a nectar-feeding bat. But gawd, what a horrible photo. Jim Mobile email from my iPhone > On Oct 6, 2019, at 6:38 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote: > > > Wondering if any of you can take a stab at > identifying what kind of bat this is: > > "Inside El Ro

[Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-06 Thread Mike Flannigan
Wondering if any of you can take a stab at identifying what kind of bat this is: "Inside El Rosario National Park there's an old, abandoned sawmill. In a stone-lined pit beneath the floor, a black bat dangled upside-down, back-leg claws anchoring him on the wall. The bat's dark form suggested a