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Currently In Care
Yesterday a lady with a tupperware container walked into the office. "Are you in Wires?" she asked.
"Er, yes. How did you know?"
"Oh, [VET] told me. He said you look after bats." She handed me the container. Inside was a large bat.
It was a very large bat. In fact, she was a greater long eared bat, one of the larger insectivores. The lady found her on a screen door in the middle of town, in a vulnerable position where any shopper passing by would see her. There was nothing wrong with her, apart from being very grumpy from being handled. Perfectly normal.
Her wings were huge. Holding her as I am in this photo, one of her wings reached the entire length of my fore-arm, right up to the elbow. She weighed 20 grams, instead of the 4 to 10g I usually see. I kept her in care until dark and let her go.
Also in care, a young noisy miner. I've has this honey eater since a tiny ball of fluff, and he's almost ready to go. He's self feeding on the nectar mix and chopped meal worms and is quite wild.
Also in care, Boyde, a magpie chick. His nest was blown from a tree, and was the only survivor. He is perching now and is STARVING TO DEATH! I've moved him to the large cage to stretch his wings, but I still have to take him to work in the little cage so I can feed him. He doesn't like the little cage.
And in other news, a pair of peewees are building their mud nest in the sycamore tree in the back yard. I have a feeling they are some I raised because they are quite unconcerned by my presence in the yard. Normally peewees are secretive, but these two call out like mad.
And in other news, a fellow rescuer has been handed a 120g, smooth, pink puggle. I wish I had it, but I have to be fair and share the puggle love around.
Photos to come.
"Er, yes. How did you know?"
"Oh, [VET] told me. He said you look after bats." She handed me the container. Inside was a large bat.
It was a very large bat. In fact, she was a greater long eared bat, one of the larger insectivores. The lady found her on a screen door in the middle of town, in a vulnerable position where any shopper passing by would see her. There was nothing wrong with her, apart from being very grumpy from being handled. Perfectly normal.
Her wings were huge. Holding her as I am in this photo, one of her wings reached the entire length of my fore-arm, right up to the elbow. She weighed 20 grams, instead of the 4 to 10g I usually see. I kept her in care until dark and let her go.
Also in care, a young noisy miner. I've has this honey eater since a tiny ball of fluff, and he's almost ready to go. He's self feeding on the nectar mix and chopped meal worms and is quite wild.
Also in care, Boyde, a magpie chick. His nest was blown from a tree, and was the only survivor. He is perching now and is STARVING TO DEATH! I've moved him to the large cage to stretch his wings, but I still have to take him to work in the little cage so I can feed him. He doesn't like the little cage.
And in other news, a pair of peewees are building their mud nest in the sycamore tree in the back yard. I have a feeling they are some I raised because they are quite unconcerned by my presence in the yard. Normally peewees are secretive, but these two call out like mad.
And in other news, a fellow rescuer has been handed a 120g, smooth, pink puggle. I wish I had it, but I have to be fair and share the puggle love around.
Photos to come.
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We just left it there, as Mom said it was sick and was afraid to touch it. It left on its own shortly afterwards, so it seems to have been all right. A few months back, we rescued a smaller one from our pool. That one was lucky it was still alive when we found it.
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The bats are especially active in my neighborhood right now since it's fall and they're fattening up on the Miller moths (http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/millers.htm). I don't know what kind of bats because I only ever glimpse them around dusk, or hear them after dark. They're small though.
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I recently discovered we really DO have bats in our forest. I'm planning on building and installing boxes for them ASAP. Anything capable of eating Florida's mosquitoes is a very welcome neighbor. Besides, they're pretty in flight.
Yay, puggle! Too bad you have to share.
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I would be very surprised if you didn't have bats. Got bugs? Got bats. 8)
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Oh she's healthy, all right!
"Get me out of heeeeeeere!" says it all. Open the cage door and VOOOOM! ;).
Lovely ears, too.
Hope the Peewees don't expect you to rear their young for them!
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The same could be said of individuals.
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Nice bat. Feisty. ^_^ I would have put on leather gloves.
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But I do swear on occasions.
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I once nearly stepped on a smallish gopher snake sunning itself on the sidewalk (which is high traffic enough to be a dangerous thing to do). Upon ascertaining that it was a) not someone's strayed pet and b) the nearest houses contained ophidiophobes so putting it back was NOT a good idea, I brought it to a reptile rescuer friend of mine to be checked out. Last I heard it was a classroom pet somewhere, and doing fine.
Sounds like those peewees are proving to you that troubles aren't the only thing that come home to roost. :)
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**blinkblink** They are? I tend to think of magpie-larks as some of the louder, brasher birds around... The ones nesting at our depot have gone so far as to wander in and out of the bushland shed while we're standing in the doorway!
Then again, of the two pairs I've seen nesting, they don't seem to call when they're at the nest... Is that what you meant?
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