ASHLAND, Ore. — A winged creature from Oregon was crowned this year’s winner in an annual bat beauty contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management.
On Halloween, which was the last day of International Bat Week, a hoary bat with a feisty personality named “Hoary Potter” defeated “Lestat,” a western small-footed bat from Idaho, in the final round of the contest. It also bested a Townsend’s big-eared bat named “Sir Flaps-A-Lot” from Utah, among others.
The victory Thursday marks the third year in a row that a bat from Oregon took first place in the contest…