Florida Spectacular
Take a weekly trip across Florida with authors Cathy Salustri and Rick Kilby and discover a side of Florida you never knew existed. From the scallops in Panhandle bays to the Hemingway cats in Key West, every week's a Florida adventure.
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Florida Spectacular
Episode 276: Voles, Bats, and Florida Adventures
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Steve Barlow, a former US Fish and Wildlife Services wildlife biologist pilot and co-host Palm and Pine podcast, joins the podcast to talk about one of the least-known Florida critters.
Links We Mentioned
Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen
Podcast about fossils near Suwannee
Want a bat house Steve built? Reach out to him at biologistbarlow@gmail.com or buy one here.
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Top Places To See Bats and Bat Houses in Florida
Micanopy Post Office and ballfields
Water Works Park in Tampa
Newberry Road, west of Jonesville, at West End Animal Hospital
University of Florida bat houses
Image courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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