Journal archives for August 2018

August 23, 2018

'Batnadoes' Can Protect California’s Crops.

For anyone driving the Yolo Causeway, the sight can come as a shock. As the summer sun sets behind the marshy floodplain of the Yolo Bypass, a swirling stream of bats soars out from beneath the elevated thoroughfare. To the delight of bat-lovers and a local rice farmer, roughly a quarter-million bats have made the underside of the tall, 3.2-mile causeway their summer home.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bats-and-farming

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August 26, 2018

California Outdoors: There's a bat in my house, trading a sport-caught fish, fishing license for a disabled veteran.

Late one night recently, a bat flew into my house through an open window! I was sitting at the table and it flew right at me with its huge webbed wings. I swear it looked like it was in full in attack mode. I hid in another room for a while, and then opened the door to find it hanging upside down from the smoke detector. Eventually we caught it with a dustpan and a broom and let it go. I like bats, but not in my house. Please tell me this aggressive behavior doesn't mean it was rabid!

http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/news/recreation/57549-california-outdoors-there-s-a-bat-in-my-house-trading-a-sport-caught-fish-fishing-license-for-a-disabled-veteran

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