canberrabirds

Things that go squawk in the night

Subject: Things that go squawk in the night
From: Ian Fraser <>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:45:55 +1100
I'm no expert on bats, but there are two relatively common local Long-eared Bat spp (genus Nyctophilus) - Lesser/Geoffroy's and Gould's. I'm not good enough to say which from the pic (we'd like to see its face ideally) but on size alone I'd suggest the latter.

What a delightful encounter!

cheers

IF

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