We saw many species of bats on our leisurely Sunset and Full Beaver Moon Paddle on our mini-Okefenokee just west of Lakeland, Georgia, after the sun set and the moon rose.

Thanks to Chris Adams, aka Turtleman, for leading this paddle. He is a very experienced naturalist and former guide at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. He has often paddled with us at Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

Thanks to Bat Biologist (and WWALS Board Member) Elizabeth Brunner for identifying many species of bats living in the one bat tree, and probably a couple more flying by.

Full Beaver Moon Paddle, Banks Lake, 2025-11-05, Guide: Chris Turtleman Adams, Bat Biologist: Elizabeth Brunner

Thanks to Lanier County and Banks Lake Outdoors for free boat rental for these WWALS Full Moon Paddles.

For bat species reference, see:

Bats of Georgia, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS
PDF

Thanks to Samuel Holst of GA-DNR for providing this bat poster along with much more information in Bats of Georgia, Samuel Holst, GA-DNR, a WWALS Webinar 2025-08-21.
https://wwals.net/pictures/bat-papers

We had 9 paddlers in 8 boats, plus three more boats and paddlers in Julie Bowland’s painting pod.

There are many more pictures below.

See also:

• Gretchen Quarterman’s facebook pictures
• Turtleman Chris Adams’ facebook video
• Julie Bowland’s pictures with paintings
• Diane Halim’s facebook pictures
• Xiaoai Ren’s facebook pictures
• and probably others.

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

Banners at Banks Lake, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Setting out, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Two in a canoe, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Into the setting sun, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Julie Bowland sketching, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Boats in the sunset, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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To the bat tree, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Moonrise, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Turtleman Chris Adams and the moon rising, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Bat tree, marigold sunset, Chris Turtleman Adams, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Movie: Bats flying out of the bat tree (34M), 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Movie: Bats flying in the sunset (16M), 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Movie: Chris Turtleman Adams videos bats flying in the full moon (59M), 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Moon reflection and bats, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Movie: Bats and maybe gator bellowing (19M), 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Movie: Indian Billy, Billys Island, and a posse, by Chris Adams (70M), 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Movie: Origin of Banks Lake, by Chris Adams (82M), 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Movie: The Lee family of south Georgia, by Chris Adams (57M), 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Moon and slanted cloud, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Elizabeth Brunner, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS

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Canoe in the moonlight, 2025-11-05 –jsq for WWALS