The turn was deliberate.

Step a little out of the box, Mike.

Ah, as usual you're just too literary for me...

Or obfuscating.

Yesterday Dick pulled up a rock for trailwork(by No Picnic) and there was a bat under it! Not sure if they might have nicked it or something, for the little guy was acting stunned and moving very slowly for a bit.

A chance to get the closest look EVER, for me, of a bat. Pretty cool....

He had his wings spread open, and looked up at us with his mouth wide open so I could see his teeth. Then he started to amble off, tried to fly a little but was almost like a baby bird, hopping but not able to take off. I hope it was just that we woke him up and he was out of it because of that.

Then he made it over to another rock/cavernish space. But the poor thing was unstable and tipped over onto his back. Dick took a stick and helped him right himself, but I was too squeamish to look, and went back to work. Sp don't know any more about what happened with the bat.

Interestingly, bats are quite affected by wind turbines. Are there any close to NP?

Seems we're just getting around to measuring #s of bats killed by wind turbines, and thinking about ways to reduce them. Shouldn't be an impossible problem to solve ...

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/study-finds-reduction-in-turbine-bat-kills/

By comparison, about 50 million birds die each year in collisions with communications towers, 80 million are killed by cars, and 3.5 million strike windows, says Dale Strickland, president and chief executive officer for Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc., a consulting company in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

No pulse is not a great place for wind turbines due to the turbulence created by the cliffs and such. Pretty much tears the turbine apart.

Saw a bat flying around our house in Kerhonkson, and RR is right, they do have mullets. Hard to see but the sleeveless Metallica shirt was a dead give away. Definatly a native to the area.

Left the back lights on to draw a few more moths in so it could have a big dinner.