Where are all the bats?

[den]

I've had no bat rescues this summer. Aparently all the learner-flyers got their full licenses without my help, and the adults are being especially careful of cats, pools, and houses.

They're still around. At nights I can hear the metallic TING of the white-striped freetails and the ultrasonic jack-hammer-to-the-head of the wattled bats. I hope the drought hasn't knocked them around too much.

Comments

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

I'm sure this has already been pointed out to you, but have you seen the new bat stamps (http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productDetail.jsp?OID=2458623&BV_UseBVCookie=yes)?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Yes! And some kind people sent me a set for christmas! Those are very nice looking stamps.

heehee

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

I got a pack of those at Halloween. I've been saving the ones I think are ugly for my credit card bills.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Do bats migrate much? If water and food are a problem I'd think they'd tend to conserve energy or go where there's better chances of survival. And maybe since there's a draught on people are more worried about grass fires and such so they are to pre-occupied to search for other bats in the belfry, so to speak;).

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The flying foxes migrate but the microbats don't. If they can't fatten up for winter they'll be in trouble.