For now I won’t count this bird as a casualty. It was down near the base of window and apparently couldn’t fly, but it was peppy enough that I couldn’t catch it. I’ll assume it survived.
Daily Archives: October 11, 2010
10 October 2010 – scavenged sparrow and a mammalian surprise
I found another one of those instantly scavenged individuals yesterday, this one identifiable as a Lincoln’s Sparrow from the lone undertail covert and distal end of one wing I found:
The real excitement, however, was furnished by this little guy:
Did you see him?
This was a very much alive (though a bit waterlogged following an afternoon storm) big brown bat. I couldn’t tell if the bat was stunned from striking a window or simply ended up at this spot and was acting unobtrusive as best it could. I didn’t think it would fare well out in the open either way, so I moved the little forest sprite to a nice, protected tree well away from the NRC.
A few moments later, the bat was gone!
No worries – it crawled deep into a crevice in the main crotch of the tree.
Bird-Window Collisions at OK State 