Title

Breeding colony of the lesser mouse-eared bat

Caption

Breeding colony of the lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii) roosting in a palace ruin in a remote medieval Armenian-Turkish ruined town, Ani, Kars province, Anatolia, northeast Turkey

Date

Dec 07, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Bob Gibbons

Reference

BRK22D10_258

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,4Mb (4,5Mb) / 17,7in x 13,2in / 5315 x 3973 (300dpi)

Keywords

Anatolia Ani Asia Minor Aves Bird Birds Chiroptera Famous Place Federal State Kars Province Lesser mouse-eared bat Lesser mouse-eared bats Mammal Mammalia Mammalian Mammals Many Animals Microbat Microbats Microchiroptera Middle Ages Middle aged Mouse-eared bat Mouse-eared bats Myotis Myotis blythii New Castle New Castles New palace No People Palastruine Ruins complex Swarm behaviour Swarm behaviours Swarming Turkey Vespertilionidae abandoned adult adult animal adult animals ancient cities ancient city ancient civilization ancient civilizations animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild archaeologic archaeological archaeological area archaeological site archaeological sites archaeology archeologic archeological archeology bat bats behavior behaviour bird colonies bird colony bird photography breed breeding breeding area breeding colonies breeding colony breeding ground breeding grounds breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings building buildings castle castles closed colonies colony common bat common bats courting courting seasons courtship courtship display courtship season courtshiping decayed decommissionin derelict deserted desolate desolated deteriorated dilapidated display displaying disused dreary drearyness empty excavation excavation site excavation sites excavations fauna flock flock of flock of birds former formerly forsaken fortification fortifications fortress fortresses geography group group of animals groups groups of animals habitat heritage heritages historic historical incubate incubating journey mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat nest nesting nesting site nesting sites no one nobody old out out of service out-of-service outdoor outdoors outside palace palaces pause perform the courtship display place of interest prestigious building prestigious buildings province provinces remote remoteness residence residences residency rest resting rookery ruined town run-down rundown rutting season secluded several several animals shut down sight sights social behavior social behaviour social behaviours solitude structure summer summery swarm swarm of birds tourist attraction tourist attractions travel destination travel destinations trip uninhabited unoccupied vacant wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo Eurasia Southwest Asia Southwestern Asia Turk Turkish West Asia Western Asia courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour display behaviour gray grey imprinting many mediaeval medieval monochromatic monochrome monotonous numerous overawing ruin ruins Asia Europe