Bats

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Found via oceansedge:

A list of bats found in Florida. I bet you didn't realize there were so many. 8)


Nick is self-feeding now so I don't have to handle him. He's in the second bat tent, and I hear him talking to Maddie at night. It's communication, anyway. They hang onto the gauze panels and look at each other while squeaking and growling, but I can't tell if they're saying "Hey baby!" or "BACK OFF!" They're both the same age and size. I suspect this is their first winter and they wouldn't have made it without intervention.

Nick is a little sweetie. He buzzes happily when I hold him and she snuffles in my hand looking for worms.

Maddie doesn't. I won't handle her without gloves.

Comments

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Of course Bruce Wayne's job is to help prevent a LACK of bats in Florida (the Foxear specifically IIRC)

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

We're a big state.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

You also seem to have more bats than other states. Must be the number of insects. :)

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

Of course...why do you think I went so "batty" when I came down here?

Do a google search for the University of Florida bat house if you haven't already. They have one of the largest in the world. I like to go there to watch the bats come out. They're mexican freetails. My vet has a bat box to which holds about thirty bats and a huge old barn preserved for that purpose as well.

I need to build one, but I haven't gotten round to it. Useful critters. Anything that eats mosquitos is okay in my book.