Mississippi’s tricolored-bat record is unusual: January accounts for most of the monthly observations, a concentration more consistent with winter roost surveys than casual viewing. The species uses sheltered winter sites and forages over water and forest edges in warmer months, so Gulf Coast and Sandhill Crane locations should be treated as habitat leads rather than guaranteed viewing spots.
Because disturbance can be harmful to roosting bats, caves, culverts, and other sheltered sites should never be entered for a sighting. Warm-season acoustic monitoring near ponds and woodland edges is the safer way to document activity.
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