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| 01 – Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 – 10:30 a.m. Time to start the count. | 02 – Steve and Mary getting suited up for the caves. | 03 - It's freezing, misting, and there's a steady wind out of the north. Perfect bat count weather! |
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| 04 - Still ice on the ground from the snow and ice storms two weeks ago. | 05 - Into the north cave | 06 - Looking up from the bottom of the sinkhole |
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| 07 - The raccoon smelled just as nice as it looked. | 08 - Mary and Steve exit the north cave. | 09 - That wasn't too bad… |
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| 10 - … or maybe it was. | 11 - Steve goes over the edge. | 12 - Down the sinkhole to the central cave. |
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| 13 - Into the hole | 14 - This time last year, the rock Steve has his hands on was at the top of the entrance. | 15 - Mary next to the sinkhole's scenic and scary unstable gyp |
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| 16 - Jolly Green Giant gloves at the south cave entrance left behind by previous visitors. | 17 - That's my blue glove there for comparison. | 18 - Into the south cave. |
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| 19 - Largest cluster of the count. | 20 - So cold and wet it takes three hats to get warm again. | 21 - Time to pack up and head out. |
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| 22 - Brrrr…… | 23 - Until next year… | |
