Bat Watching
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Get outside!
Unless you live near the arctic or polar regions it is very likely you have bats living near you and your home!
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During a warm summer night, head outside around sunset.
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Look towards the sky, relax, be patient, and you might be lucky enough to see acrobatic bats flying around and catching bugs!
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They need to drink water, if you camp out next to a body of water like a lake it will increase your chances of observing a wild bat.
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If something flies by in a straight line there is a good chance it is a bird turning in for the night.
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If you see a flying dark shape zig-zagging, swooping, diving, and flying around that is probably a bat!
Dvornikova.(2020). Bats- Bats flying over Lake Sammamish. Source: from videographer.
The above video shows bats flying over Lake Sammamish in Washington.