Date: 11/17/25 6:14 pm From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] ot perhaps, bat
Rob and all,
Several years ago, when I was fly fishing for Steelhead , midday, 80° at the beginning of August, chest deep in the Skykomish river, a bat began flying around close by for about 30 minutes. Neat, but odd, atypical behavior.
I have spent thousands of hours fly fishing in rivers, and I had never seen that happen.
I did an online search and found that this is very unusual behavior and to be careful because the bat could have rabies which would result in the atypical behavior. The concern is that the atypical behavior could include biting a human.
Also, I do your round owl surveys in several locations.
There is one small bat species that I often see, even in cold weather, that will fly up and down paths in parks often passing me in the dark and seen in the flashlight beam.
I’m always pleasantly surprised when I see them in cold weather when it would seem like there is very little or no visible flying insect activity.
So, yes, some species of bats are active throughout the year.
And, be very careful if one is acting unusually, including flying and feeding during the daylight.
Dan Reiff, PhD
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> On Nov 17, 2025, at 3:54 PM, HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Actually, there a lot of bats in western WA year around and they fly on warm days. Surprised me when my bat advisor told me that. have seen a few. We had three or four around the house a week ago and a few years ago we had one roosting in the Christmas decorations.
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>> On 11/17/2025 12:17 PM PST rob cash via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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>> Yesterday there was a bat flying around in the late afternoon,
>> still quite light out. I don't recall seeing a bat here this
>> late.
>> Rob Cash
>> North Camano Island
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