Floating the Outlet Stream - Squanga Lake, Yukon Canada

Floating down the outlet stream of Yukon's Squanga Lake

is very quiet.

 

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) 

are in the outlet stream. 

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Located about an hour and a half from Whitehorse, Yukon's capital and largest city, Squanga Lake is a great place to camp, boat, fish and bird watch.

 Now with a new bat box - Bat watch, too!!

 

 

Flying Foxes in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

See flying foxes with an over 2 foot wingspan in
Cairns, North Queensland, Australia!

 These very large fruit-eating bats Pteropus sp. roost downtown in Cairns in giant ficus and eucalyptus trees. 

 You can hear them chattering and fanning themselves to keep cool from several blocks away.

Here's more information on the bats!

http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/41675/FlyingFox_Fact_Sheet.pdf