Oregon Bat Ryan GosWING Wins National Beauty Contest

Medford— An Oregon pallid bat named Ryan GosWING won the Bureau of Land Management’s annual Bat Beauty Contest, marking the fourth straight year an Oregon bat has taken the title.

The contest takes place during Bat Week in the days leading up to Halloween. BLM spokesperson Sarah P. Bennett thanked people across Oregon and Washington who supported Ryan GosWING and jokingly called Oregon’s winning streak a bat dynasty.

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