Newsletter 11-26-2025
Here's hoping everyone makes it home for Thanksgiving! Don't eat too much! And be careful and alert if you're travelling!
If you're in the Bank, Nemaha NRD has left them some very informational flyers about the Flood of 1950, and how the present day organization keeps our dams safe and sound. It includes photos from the 1950 flood near Unadilla, and information on keeping dams safe and sound. Well worth the read.
Old tractors kind of draw our attention. This one was parked right off the curve next to the big white shed. We'd never heard of the Huber brand, but here you go!!!
"Bat News from the Paisley Bottom Coffee Shop and Critical Thinking Laboratory
By Winged Wildlife Cub Reporter Bob Wilhelm
John Stilwell shared a follow-up to the Bat Studies that the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission have been conducting over the past few years. These studies monitor bat activities on and near his property in the Paisley bottom, for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat). The project coordinator thanked John and Gera for allowing them to conduct the study that identified different bat species.
Our research team took to the internet and did some googling to find out what a "call" is. Credit Google: A "call" in bat study refers to any sound vocalization produced by a bat, which can be broadly categorized into two main types: echolocation calls and social calls. These calls are typically at ultrasonic frequencies (above human hearing range) and are recorded and analyzed using specialized equipment called a bat detector, Hmmmmm.
Echolocation calls are high-frequency sound pulses bats emit to navigate and hunt in the dark. They use the returning echoes from the objects to determine the location of the object.
Social calls are distinct from echolocation calls and are used for communication between individual bats. These may sometimes be within the range of human hearing. So ends the information gleaned from Google, but there is much more, and I suggest you would find this subject interesting.
Now, back to the study results and the information on the calls: Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) - 614 calls; Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus), 158 calls; Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) - 124 calls; Silver-Haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) - 82 calls; and Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeeralis) - 402 calls.
The project coordinator reminded us of how critical bats are in controlling agricultural pests and the researchers are doing their best to conserve them, as their populations are in decline in Nebraska. I would suggest you go on-line to view images of the bats they recorded...but maybe not right before bedtime. Thanks for sharing John and Gera!
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
11-26 Jordan Long
11-27 Danae Stoner
11-28 Dale & Doni Stoner
12-1 Jodie West Valish
12-2 Jeremy Royal
NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO
Friday, 11-27-1925, The Otoe Union:
"Hugo Stein is clerking for Henry Horstman in the absence of Kenneth Stoner." Syracuse was hosting the Otoe County Poultry, Graded Egg and Corn Show. Joy Wallen, a 12 year old boy, husked and cribbed 50 bu. of corn in 7 hours; Mrs. Henry Wilkins did 30 bu. in 4 hours.
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Have a GREAT week!
Barb
"May the work I have done speak for me."
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