Thursday, November 15, 2007

Bats

Our hike ended at the picnic pavilion which is no longer a picnic pavilion.



Decades ago, Lakewood Forest Preserve discovered that over 300 Little Brown Bats set up a summer colony amongst the rafters of the pavilion, where they were warm and dry and had sanctuary from predators like raccoons, coyotes, and cats. But instead of trapping and removing them, they built a new shelter for people to have picnics, and then fenced in the old pavilion making it a...



Most people know that bats serve an important role in our lives by eating mosquitoes and other flying pests. But did you know...




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