I'm no expert, but I can attest to late afternoon/evening bat flights
being normal behavior, although I've never observed them this early in
the year. That is more likely due to my tendency to be indoors in the
evening until the temperatures warm up some. =+)
We regularly visit friends in Eastman, and I recall on numerous
occasions watching the local bats flying around catching insects between
4pm and nightfall. Of course, that was always under the cover of trees
rather than out in the open.


> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:52:37 -0400, "David L. Webb"
> <[log in to unmask]> said:
> > --- "Ann B. Flood" wrote:
> > For the past two nights, around the area where Grant Brook passes under
> > River
> > Road in Lyme, we have seen a bat fluttering around about 6 o'clock pm.
> > This
> > seems too early for usual bat bahavior to begin--at least normally. 
> > Anyone know
> > if this is usual for this time of year?
> > --- end of quote ---
> > 
> > 	I've sometimes seen bats emerge in the late afternoon, well before dusk; in
> > particular, I've seen them near Storrs Pond around that time of day.  In
> > any
> > case, in view of the alarming news about the widespread mortality in
> > local bat
> > populations from white nose syndrome, it's heartening to hear these
> > reports of
> > local sightings.
> > 
> > 			David Webb
> > 			Hanover
> > 
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