Where to See Mexican Free-tailed Bat in Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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Mexican Free-tailed Bat sightings in Carlsbad Caverns

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Where Mexican Free-tailed Bat has been reported, from 48 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

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12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM40% of the busiest hour5 AM90% of the busiest hour6 AM35% of the busiest hour7 AM5% of the busiest hour8 AM0% of the busiest hour9 AM0% of the busiest hour10 AM0% of the busiest hour11 AM0% of the busiest hourNoon0% of the busiest hour1 PM0% of the busiest hour2 PM0% of the busiest hour3 PM2% of the busiest hour4 PM5% of the busiest hour5 PM20% of the busiest hour6 PM60% of the busiest hour7 PM90% of the busiest hour8 PMBusiest hour9 PM60% of the busiest hour10 PM10% of the busiest hour11 PM3% of the busiest hour

Mexican Free-tailed Bat is most seen 5 AM and 7–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Mexican Free-tailed Bat sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	40%
5 AM	90%
6 AM	35%
7 AM	5%
8 AM	0%
9 AM	0%
10 AM	0%
11 AM	0%
Noon	0%
1 PM	0%
2 PM	0%
3 PM	2%
4 PM	5%
5 PM	20%
6 PM	60%
7 PM	90%
8 PM	100%
9 PM	60%
10 PM	10%
11 PM	3%

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Where to see Mexican Free-tailed Bat in Carlsbad Caverns

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