Little Brown Bats / Troy Gipps, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
All bats of the Pacific Northwest are microbats, using echolocation to hunt insects, as opposed to megabats, which eat fruit. Bats seem to have been in the news for negative reasons lately as disease vectors.
But this song is a reminder of our kinship with bats, the furry eaters of mosquitos. There are many reasons to love them, so learn how to coexist safely and appreciate bats at batsnorthwest.org.
“I'm a Microbat”
(Sing this to the tune of "Oh My Darling Clementine”)
I’m a micro bat
I’m a micro bat
Eating insects
in the night
I have fingers
where my wings are
When the sun sets,
I take flight
I’m a micro bat
I’m a micro bat
Roosting in
a cave or tree
With my friends around,
I sleep upside down.
You’re a mammal,
just like me!
