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Loner, Drifter: More on the Hoary Bat

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I cannot get the Hoary Bat out of my head. Hoary Bats roost in trees, not caves. So the Hoary Bat is migratory. They may gather in flocks of hundreds during their fall journey, abandoning their lonely summer habits.

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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

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Bats just love to fly into human hair!” Had they been able to make the jawbone talk, no doubt its first words would be, “You can’t put a baby bird back in the nest, because the parents will smell your hands and abandon it.”. Porcupines throw their quills! If you see a raccoon during the day, it must have rabies! Probably not.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Presumably, the species also not only eats fruit but also mammals and possibly birds –the HBW specifically mentions the species catching bats emerging from caves at dusk, and feeding them to juveniles.