10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2012
I like bats. So when I spotted a large, handsome Hoary Bat grounded at the side of the path while I walked Muir early one morning, my first thought – after I determined that it was not dead – was “how can I help? A different Hoary Bat, on a better day. It turns out, helping a bat is hard.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
And another one,” she added, “in a tampon box.” “A Big Brown Bat in a large glass terrarium,” said Marlene Ehresman in Iowa, “because the people wanted to make sure it wouldn’t escape.” Bat finders often want to insure there’s enough room between them and the bat. Soaked and ice cold!
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The vampire bat is the vehicle for a discussion of what Higgins calls the human sense of pleasure and pain (but not, as to the latter, for the reason you might think). Atria Books, New York, $28 (U.S.); $37 (Canada). (Sachs’s case studies and writings are referred to a lot in Sentient.).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2014
With this weekend consumed by Halloween excitement, bats were more easily encountered than birds. A juvenile White-crowned Sparrow is an expected bird in late fall in New York State but it is always nice when one sits still for a digiscoping session. How did you fare?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2016
At least one weekend a year, bats–particularly the vampiric kind–command more attention than birds, at least from most people. Nature lovers, on the other hand, find time for wildlife watching every weekend. Just be sure to choose a Halloween costume that doesn’t obscure your vision too much!
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2014
First, and this is OLD news, dating to several years go. But did you know that there is a bat that specializes in eating birds that are migrating at night? Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky. But researchers have now found evidence of a giant European bat that is plucking migrating birds out of the night sky.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2013
Keep your eyes to the skies and you may see more than you expect (like bats against a bright blue sky !). Corey and I will both be patrolling our respective corners of New York state in search of the newest avian arrivals. No time to talk… it’s May! Birds are on the wing in a big way. How about you?
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