One night a week there is a guided walk to the bat cave on the El Calderon Loop Trail. Before getting to the bat cave, our Ranger guide made several stops along the way.
Junction cave is a lava tube created by the lava flows from nearby El Calderon Cinder Cone. It’s 115,000 years old. Junction Cave has more cave-adapted species than any other cave in El Malpais.
By the time we got to the bat cave, the bats were already flying.
Our guide indicated that this cave was a “bachelor pad.” So far, White-nose-syndrome has not been found in any New Mexico caves.
We stayed until all the bats had left.
On the way back to the
truck we enjoyed a beautiful pink sunset.
We were surprised that it was still light by the time all the bats had left the cave.
Teri
I like bats.
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