It was a tense competition. Out of eight bats who were finalists in the Halloween beauty pageant, it was down to the dark-furred hoary bat from Oregon named Hoary Potter — against a western ...

There are two Oregon bats participating in the contest this year. The first is a male hoary bat named Hoary Potter who will ...

Hoary Potter, a male hoary bat, defeated Lestat, the western small-footed bat from Idaho, in the final round of the 2024 Bat Beauty Contest and took home first place. This victory marks the third ...

Hoary bats are known for swift flight and wrapping themselves in their own tails to mimic leaves and hide from predators, the agency said. Because of this attribute, it estimated Hoary Potter ...

In the end, Oregon came out on top for the third year in a row, and Hoary Potter — a hoary bat known for his feisty personality — was crowned the competition’s bat beauty queen.

Hoary Potter, a hoary bat, took home the crown against Lestat, a western small-footed bat from Idaho. William ShakespEAR and Barbara were the other Oregon bats who won in the previous two years.

The first round of voting began Thursday and pitted a Townsend’s big-eared bat named “Sir Flaps-A-Lot” from Utah against a hoary bat fittingly named “Hoary Potter” from Oregon. The contest coincides ...