After a dinner of cotton candy (yeah, I know) I began to get hit hard. All three net sets contained bats at the same time at one point. I picked up three species and ten individuals between 9:45 and 10:30, and was glad the dinner of sugar was kicking in. All were big browns except for one pipestrelle and one little brown. Another big brown was caught at midnight, finishing the night with eleven total animals. Dave did not fare well at the valley of ivy death, as he apparently struck out.

As I was collapsing nets and trying to whack a 12-pound moth out of the 12 meter net, I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye. Thinking it was another stupidly huge bird-sized moth, I casually sheepishly glanced over to find a horay bat sprawled on the mesh. After coolly exclaiming "woah!", I realized I had only the plastic mist net bag for protection, and this fella wasn't waiting while I ran back to the van. I gingerly tried to nab the critter while keeping my fingers, but one squirm led to another and it slipped from my er, plastic. A beautiful animal which hopefully will grace the website tomorrow.

Above: The nine meter triple high essentially blocks the entire stream corridor. Bats were caught in all three net sets.

Left: A big brown pretty much explains how he feels about triple high nets blocking the entire stream corridor.

Below: A sleepy pip endures another photo session.

Below: A 5.2 gram juvenile little brown. I haven't seen a little brown since back at site 14 or so at Plymouth. I'm beginning to wonder if they are endangered along the Kanawha.