Alabaster Caverns State Park: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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The cavern is home to five different species of [[bat]].<ref name="okhistory" /> Some are solitary while others are colonial. The cavern provides roosting sites that serve as daytime shelter and a place for the non-migrating bats to [[Hibernation|hibernate]] during the winter months. [[Mexican free-tailed bat]]s migrate to Alabaster Caverns from Mexico in the spring to bear their young. They then return to Mexico in the fall.

The bat species found in the cave are the [[cave myotis]], [[Ozark big-eared bat|Western big-eared bat]], [[eastern pipistrelle]], [[Big brown bat|Western big brown bat]], and the [[Mexican free-tailed bat]].

Alabaster Caverns State Park personnel made a count of the bats in the caverns this year and reported over 19,000. In 2016, the count reported about 16,000.<ref>[http://www.enidbuzz.com/alabaster-caverns/ Tucker, Curtis. "Alabaster Cavern has 19,000 bats!" ''Enid Buzz''. January 31, 2017.] Accessed August 19, 2018.</ref>