Today at track practice I was aloud to take the day off. Instead of running or working out with some of the team I helped pull out mats and stuff for the high jump and pole vault. While we were taking out the mats we moved one of them and heard this squeak and then we saw a mother squirrel run a crossed the top of the shed. One of the track girls freaked she didn't know what it was.
As for me who loves bats I got very curious. I went and looked to see what squeaked. At first it looked like a baby mouse but after we got the last mat out, where they made their nest, I looked at all three babies. They looked bigger than mice babies so we figured out that they were squirrel babies.
I kept telling people to leave them a lone and don't touch the babies. One girl was very sad because they were going to die. She wanted me to pick up two of the babies and put them back with the other one. Now I help save bats, I am all for helping save other animals to but I never helped baby squirrels before I wasn't sure what to do. This one girl wanted me to pick them up with my jacket and move them. When I said if I had gloves I would she got mad. She said she would take my jacket and do it.
The only reason why I was asked/told to help them was because I have my rabies shots and they do not. I went to my locker and grabbed gloves and my phone. I called my mom and told her what was up. My mom sent my dad to come help.
we put all three baby squirrels in a box and put some of the matting and stuff that was a part of their nest with them. Then I called my mentor Ken from BATCOW and asked him what he thought we should do. He told me to put them in a corner by the shed where we found them so momma squirrel will hopefully come back and get them. We did that and then blocked them a little bit so no one will hopefully bother them. Then I got a shovel and broom and cleaned up the nest that was still in the shed.
After that was done I went to see if the team needed any help putting pole vault together, they didn't. On my way to go change out of my workout clothes I saw the girl who told me to move the squirrels. I let her know er did and she didn't care at all.
I am really hoping mommy squirrel takes care of her babies away from our shed so they don't get harmed. If you get a chance to rescue an other animal, do it. Just because it may not be the one you like the most but it makes you feel good inside when you help someone, something or any animal.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Opal 10th Bat Rescue
On March 26, 2011 I was just chilling with my little sister and a foster kid downstairs in our basement. We were watching a movie. I had my phone on vibrate so I could tell if someone texted me. At 6:49pm my phone vibrated, when I looked at it I was really shocked. My mentor was calling me. This was weird because he usually never calls, I usually call him.
Anyways he asked me if I would like to go rescue a bat for him. I got really excited and told him I would. We got all the information we needed and then the real fun came, finding the house and not telling the foster kid where we were going or what we were picking up.
We had so much fun trying to find the house we got lost 2 or 3 times. We asked someone where we could find it, they sent us in the opposite direction. We finally just called the person who lived where we were going and had her tell us the directions until we got there.
On the way home from getting the bat I though I heard him moving around so I called the girls and told them he was okay. We kept talking about the bat but instead of saying bat we said your visitor and the shoes. That was only because she gave him to us in a shoe box.
When we got home I brought the bat into a different room and closed the door so I could see if the bat was okay. We found he had died. So I closed the box and taped it shut and put him in the closet for now. I didn't want the foster kid to see him. Then I called my mentor and told him that we got the bat but he died. We talked some more about it and then he asked if he could call again if something like this came up again. I told him that he could.
The next day I brought the box to the garage because he needed to be burned and buried. So that is where I put him for now. I opened the box to get a picture of him, there was a horrible smell. I got the picture and closed the box.
I am not sure if my Dad burned and buried him while I was at school. Hopefully he will let me know what he did.
Anyways he asked me if I would like to go rescue a bat for him. I got really excited and told him I would. We got all the information we needed and then the real fun came, finding the house and not telling the foster kid where we were going or what we were picking up.
We had so much fun trying to find the house we got lost 2 or 3 times. We asked someone where we could find it, they sent us in the opposite direction. We finally just called the person who lived where we were going and had her tell us the directions until we got there.
On the way home from getting the bat I though I heard him moving around so I called the girls and told them he was okay. We kept talking about the bat but instead of saying bat we said your visitor and the shoes. That was only because she gave him to us in a shoe box.
When we got home I brought the bat into a different room and closed the door so I could see if the bat was okay. We found he had died. So I closed the box and taped it shut and put him in the closet for now. I didn't want the foster kid to see him. Then I called my mentor and told him that we got the bat but he died. We talked some more about it and then he asked if he could call again if something like this came up again. I told him that he could.
The next day I brought the box to the garage because he needed to be burned and buried. So that is where I put him for now. I opened the box to get a picture of him, there was a horrible smell. I got the picture and closed the box.
I am not sure if my Dad burned and buried him while I was at school. Hopefully he will let me know what he did.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
CeeCee 9th bat rescue
On December 21, 2010 I had a meeting with my advisor. He asked me if I have seen any bats recently. I told no and we finished our meeting. The next day after school I started wrapping Christmas presents. We were also figuring out if we were going to go caroling with our church. We decided not too.
Shortly after we decided not to go I went back to wrapping gifts. As soon as I finished wrapping gifts I got a phone call from my Uncle. He told me that there was a bat flying around the chapel and he was watching it. When we got to the church the bat was in the window. We went to grab him but he decided to fly. We started following him but then decided to stay up front and wait for him to land. We thought he would land on Mom or I so we both got ready to grab him when he did land.
He flew under the tree they had. He didn’t see any gifts for him so he flew around some more. He landed on the floor on a cord. I was told that bats can’t get up off the ground. I found out they can. I went to grab him but he did a little jump thing and started flying again. He flew around so much he was getting tired. You could tell, he kept flying lower and lower the more he flew. After about 3 or 4 minutes we heard a thud. The bat flew into a window and fell. That was when I grabbed him. He tried to get away by crawling up my arm, it didn’t work. We left the chapel and got to tell some kids about bats and answered some questions they had. When we were done we brought the bat home.
We just let him relax for the night. While everyone ate dinner downstairs I was silly and ate upstairs with CeeCee the bat. We named him CeeCee because the church was the Congregational U.C.C. Church.When I finished eating I told CeeCee that he was going to Sun Prairie and will meet Ken and Barb and he ws going to make new bat friends and maybe meet some old ones too.
The next day at about 11 we went to Sun Prairie. when we got to my mentor's house we talked while my mentor looked at CeeCee,and I looked at my Christmas gift. After a short time I got shown how to hold a bat in a way the bat wont be as scared and will be able to eat.
We tried to give him some water but he wouldn't take it. While I was holding him I fed him. He ate about 20 or 25 meal worms. While i was feeding him he bit my finger trying to get the worm. After we were done feeding him, CeeCee just chilled in my hand and fell asleep while we were talking and I was petting him.
The next thing we did was weighed him. After feeding him he weighed 16.2 grams. My mentor then showed me how they warm up bats. They put them under his shirt. And the way they identify them is by using fingernail polish and they paint the tip of the toes. CeeCee got his painted red. A few minutes later we left.
The next day I called and asked how CeeCee was. I found out that he drank alot of water. I am happy he is doing good. I plan to call my mentor later and ask how CeeCee is doing and see if he can still come to bring bats for my senior pictures.
Shortly after we decided not to go I went back to wrapping gifts. As soon as I finished wrapping gifts I got a phone call from my Uncle. He told me that there was a bat flying around the chapel and he was watching it. When we got to the church the bat was in the window. We went to grab him but he decided to fly. We started following him but then decided to stay up front and wait for him to land. We thought he would land on Mom or I so we both got ready to grab him when he did land.
He flew under the tree they had. He didn’t see any gifts for him so he flew around some more. He landed on the floor on a cord. I was told that bats can’t get up off the ground. I found out they can. I went to grab him but he did a little jump thing and started flying again. He flew around so much he was getting tired. You could tell, he kept flying lower and lower the more he flew. After about 3 or 4 minutes we heard a thud. The bat flew into a window and fell. That was when I grabbed him. He tried to get away by crawling up my arm, it didn’t work. We left the chapel and got to tell some kids about bats and answered some questions they had. When we were done we brought the bat home.
We just let him relax for the night. While everyone ate dinner downstairs I was silly and ate upstairs with CeeCee the bat. We named him CeeCee because the church was the Congregational U.C.C. Church.When I finished eating I told CeeCee that he was going to Sun Prairie and will meet Ken and Barb and he ws going to make new bat friends and maybe meet some old ones too.
The next day at about 11 we went to Sun Prairie. when we got to my mentor's house we talked while my mentor looked at CeeCee,and I looked at my Christmas gift. After a short time I got shown how to hold a bat in a way the bat wont be as scared and will be able to eat.
We tried to give him some water but he wouldn't take it. While I was holding him I fed him. He ate about 20 or 25 meal worms. While i was feeding him he bit my finger trying to get the worm. After we were done feeding him, CeeCee just chilled in my hand and fell asleep while we were talking and I was petting him.
The next thing we did was weighed him. After feeding him he weighed 16.2 grams. My mentor then showed me how they warm up bats. They put them under his shirt. And the way they identify them is by using fingernail polish and they paint the tip of the toes. CeeCee got his painted red. A few minutes later we left.
The next day I called and asked how CeeCee was. I found out that he drank alot of water. I am happy he is doing good. I plan to call my mentor later and ask how CeeCee is doing and see if he can still come to bring bats for my senior pictures.
Monday, April 4, 2011
More Facts
- Bats make up nearly a quarter of all mammals on earth and live on all continents except Antarctica
- Bats are the only mammal that can fly
- The smallest mammal on Earth is a bat
- Bats can survive for several months without feeding
- Bats have lived on Earth for about 50 million years.
- Today there are nearly 1,000 different speices of bats in the world
- The female bats produce milk to feed their babies
- A bat's wings are made of two thin layers of strong skin
- The skin is stretched tightly and supported by long, bony fingers
- Bats are not all the same size some are tiny, 5 inches or even 16 inches. These are just a few of the sizes of bats
- Bats use a high pitch sound that humans can't hear to find their food. That is called "Echolocation"
- Bats can eat from 1,600 to 2,000 bugs a night
- Vampire bats will take in orphan bats and raise them till they can live on their own.
- German word for bat is "fledermaus" which means flying mouse (bats are not flying mice)
- Bats are born alive and have fur on their bodies except their wings
- Bats can see in black and white, some can see in red and green to
Bat Names (Common and Scinentific)
I will be updating where the bats are found but right now here are their common names and scientific names.
Bat Names
Bat Names
Common Name Found Scientific Name
1. African Trident-Nosed Bat | Cloeotis percivali | |
2. Allen's Big-eared Bat | Idionycteris phyllotis | |
3.Antillean Fruit-eating bat | Brachyphylla | |
4.Asian yellow house bat | Scotophilus kuhlii | |
5.Australian ghost bat | Macroderma gigas | |
6.Bamboo bats | Tylonycteris | |
7. Big Brown bat | Eptesicus fuscus | |
8.Big free-tailed bat | Texas | Tadarida macrotis |
9.Big Fruit bat | Artibeus lituratus | |
10. Black flying fox | Australia | Pteropus alecto |
11.Black-winged little yellow bat | Mexico to Costa Rica | Rhogeessa tumida |
12.Brazilian little big eared bats | South America | Micronycteris megalotis |
13. Bulldog bat | Mexico to northern Argentina | Noctilio |
14.Bumblebee bat {smallest bat} | Thailand | Craseonycteris thong-longyai |
15.Butterfly bats | Minnesota,Eastern North America | Glauconycteris |
16.California Leaf-nosed bat | Mexico, United States | Macrotus californicus |
17.Chapman's bare-blacked fruit bat | New Zealand | Dobsonia chapmani |
18. Common Long-fingered Bat | Morocco, Algeria, southern Europe | Miniopteris schreibersi |
19. Common long-tongued bat | Arizona | Glossophage soricine |
20. Common Pipistrelle | Europe | Pipistrellus pipstrellus |
21.Common Short-tailed fruit bat | southern Mexico to Paraguay | Carollia perspicillata |
22. Common Sward-nosed bat | southern Mexico, Central America, South America, | Lonchorhina aurita |
23. Common Vampire Bat | Mexico, Central America, South America | Desmodus rotundus |
24. Common Yellow-eared bat | Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay | Vampyressa pusilla |
25. Common yellow-shouldered Fruit bat | Guanacaste, Costa Rica | Sturnira lilium |
26. D’Orbisny’s Round-eared bat | Tonatia silvicola | |
27. Davy’s naked-backed mustached bat | South and Central America | Pteronotus davy; |
28. Diadem leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros diadema | |
29. Disk-winged bats | Thyroptera | |
30. Eastern Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus subflavus | |
31. Eastern Red bat | Lasiurus borealis | |
32. Eastern Smoky bat | Furipterus horrens | |
33. Egyptian fruit bat | Rousettus aegyptiacus | |
34. Egyptian Tomb bat | Taphozous perforatus | |
35. Epauleted Fruit bats | Epomophorus | |
36. European Barbastelle bat | Barbastella barbastellus | |
37. European Noctule | Nyctalus noctula | |
38. Evening bat | Nycticeius humeralis | |
39. Flying foxes | Pteropus | |
40. Fringe-lipped bat | Trachops cirrhosus | |
41. Funnel-eared bat | Natalus | |
42.Geoffroy’s hairy-legged long- tongued bat | Anoura geoffroy | |
43. Gigantic flying fox | Pteropus giganteus | |
44. Gray bat | Myotis grisescens | |
45. Gray-headed flying fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | |
46. Greater Bamboo bat | Tylonycteris robustula | |
47. Greater bulldog bat | Noctilio leporinus | |
48. Greater hourseshoe bat | Rhinolophus ferrumequinum | |
49.Greater long-nosed bat | Leptonycteris nivalis | |
50. Greater mouse-tailed bat | Rhinopoma microphllum | |
51. Greater spear-nosed bat | Phyllostomus hastatus | |
52. Greater White-lined bat | Saccopterx bilineata | |
53. Hairy legged long-tougued bat | Anoura | |
54. Hairy legged Vampire Bat | Diphylla ecaudata | |
55. Hammer-headed bat | Hypsignathus monstrosus | |
56. Heart-nosed bat | Cardioderma cor | |
57. Hoary bat | Lasiurus cinereus | |
58. Honduran White bat | Ectophylla alba | |
59. | Myotis sodalist | |
60. Jamaican Fruit bat | Artibeus jamaicensis | |
61. Large flying fox | Pteropus vampyrus | |
62. Large Philippine flying fox | Acerodon jubatus | |
63. Large slit-faced bat | Nycteris grandis | |
64. leaf-chinned bat | Mormoops megalophylla | |
65. Lesser Antillean fruit-eating bat | Brachyphylla cavernarum | |
66.Lesser bulldog bat | Noctilio albiventris | |
67. lesser long-nosed bat | Leptonycteris curasoae | |
68. Lesser marianas Flying fox | Pteropus tokudae | |
69. Lesser Short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus brachyotis | |
70. Lesser Short-tailed bat | Mystacina tuberculata | |
71. Lesser white-lined sac-winged bat | Saccopteryx leptura | |
72. Little big-eared bat | Micronycteris | |
73. Little Brown bat | Myotis lucifugus | |
74.Long-crested free tailed bat | Tadarida chapini | |
75. long-tougued nectar bat | Macroglossus minimus | |
76. | Pteropus mariannus | |
77. Mastiff bats | Eumops | |
78. Mexican Fishing bat | Tadarida brasiliensis | |
79. Mexican Flying Fox | Tadarida brasiliensis | |
80.Mexican Free-tailed Bat | Natalus stramineus | |
81. Mexican Long-tongued bat | Choeronycteris Mexicana | |
82. Motane White-lined Fruit Bat | Platyrrhinus dorsalis | |
83. Mouse-eared bat | Myotis | |
84. Naked bat | Cheiromeles torquatus | |
85. Neotropical false Vampire bat | Vampyrum spectrum | |
86. | Artibeus | |
87. | Lasiurus | |
88. Northern Ghost bat | Diclidurus albus | |
89. Northern Yellow bat | Lasiurus intermedius | |
90. | Myzopoda aurita | |
91. | Keruvoula picta | |
92. Pacific Sheath-tailed bat | Emballonurs sulcata | |
93. Painted Bats | Kerivoula | |
94. Pallid bat | Antrozous pullidus | |
95. Peter’s tent-making bat | Uroderma bilobatum | |
96. Peruvian Spear-nosed long-tongued bat | Lonchophylla handleyi | |
97. Pipistrelles | Pipistrellus | |
98. Pocketed Free-tailed bat | Tadarida femorosacca | |
99. Proboscis Bat | Rhynconycteris naso | |
100. Pygmy fruit bat | Artibeus phaeotis | |
101.Queensland Blossom bat | Syconycteris australis | |
102. Queensland Tube-nosed fruit bat | Nyctimenne robinsoni | |
103. Ratinesque’s Big-eared bat | Plecotus rafinesquii | |
104.Salvin’s Big-eyed bat | Chiroderma salvini | |
105.Samoan Flying fox | Pteropus samoensis | |
106. Seminole bat | Lasiurus seminolus | |
107. Short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus | |
108. Short-tailed fruit bat | Carollia | |
109. Silver-haired bat | Lasionycteris noctivagans | |
110. South American Flat-headed bat | Neoplatymops mattogossensis | |
111.South yellow bat | Lasiurus ega | |
112. Spear-nosed bat | Phyllostomus | |
113. Spotted bat | Euderma maculatum | |
114. Straw-colored flying fox | Eidolon helvum | |
115. Superb butterfly bat | Glauconycteris superba | |
116. Tail-less leaf-nosed bat | Coelops frithi | |
117. Tail-less little fruit bat | Rhinophylla | |
118. Tomb bat | Taphozous | |
119.Tongan Flying Fox | Pteropus tonganus | |
120. Townsend’s Big-eared bat | Plecotus townsendii | |
121. Tricolored Disk-winged bat | Thyroptera tricolor | |
122.Underwood’s Mastiff bat | Eumops underwoodi | |
123. Variegated Butterfly bat | Glauconycteris variegate | |
124. Wagner’s Mastiff bat | Eumops glaucinus | |
125. Wahlberg’s Epauleted Fruit bat | Epomophorus wahlbergi | |
126.Western Mastiff bat | Eumops perotis | |
127.Western Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus hesperus | |
128. Western Red bat | Lasiurus blossevillii | |
129. Western Smoky bat | Amorphochilus schnablii | |
130.White-lined fruit bat | Platyrrhinus | |
131.White-winged vampire bat | Diaemus youngi | |
132.Wrinkle-faced bat | Centurio seney | |
133. Yellow house bat | Scotophilus | |
134. Yellow-shouldered fruit bat | Sturnira | |
135. Yellow-winged bat | Lavia frons |
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