TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Jeff holding Hoary Bat Hoary Bat- Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat- Lasiurus cinereus, Family Vespertilionidae. I know it's not a bird, but,......... it's so cool! While mist netting in Miami University Birding Observatory with Drs. Jill and Dave Russel, and a host of others, a Hoary Bat was captured. Jeff Brown had experience with bats and removed him from the net, held it and then released it. Wow! A species first for me. They range from Canada into Central and South America. Photo: September 10, 2005, Canon EOS-1D Mark II camera with 100 f/2.8 Macro lens More Species Info: http://www.batcon.org/discover/species/lcinere.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.