The bats were flying on a fine calm clear spring night as the sun set and the Full Pink Moon rose over Banks Lake, just west of Lakeland, Georgia, Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Banks Lake Full Pink Moon, Paddle 2024-04-23, Thanks, Shirley Kokidko, and the bats

Here are some video highlights:
https://youtu.be/f4Tra_fSZDo?si=5o7e87acCR9Xf7KH

And as a facebook video:
https://www.facebook.com/Wwalswatershed/videos/396221352796424

Thanks to Shirley Kokidko for leading this expedition, and to Chris “Turtleman” Adams for paddling, along with everyone else.

Thanks to Lanier County for the free boat rental.

Join us this Friday for the WWALS Banks Lake Full Strawberry Moon Paddle 2024-06-21.

For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations

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Shirley Kokidko and tupelo blooms

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Chris Turtleman Adams explains

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On the water

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Three in a canoe

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Sunset glow

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Sunset and Chris Adams

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Chris and Shirley ride into the sunset

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Bright sunset

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Arriving at the split bat tree

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Coral sunset

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Pink moonrise

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Sunset boats

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Full moon clearing the cypress trees

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Moonrise bats

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Sunset bats

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Movie: Bats inside the split tree (26M)

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Movie: Bats in the split tree and flying in the sunset with the risen moon (79M)

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Movie: Risen moon in a clear night (13M)

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Full moon over glassy Banks Lake

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Full moon caught in cypress trees

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Sirius and Orion

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Banks Lake Outdoors with full moon

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