OK. Here they are. The bat pics. You can stop pressuring me to upload them now. God.
I'm just kidding. In fact, no one (except me, myself and Irene) has pressured me to put them up on the blog. I'm just excited about these pics. My mom reminded me the other day that there were a few bats in our neighbour's house in Lumsden (a small town outside Regina) when I was a little kid. I'd totally forgotten about that. But seeing the bats in Sydney still seems so exotic. I've never seen so many at once, especially not hanging in the trees of a public park. So have a look for yourself here:
I'm just kidding. In fact, no one (except me, myself and Irene) has pressured me to put them up on the blog. I'm just excited about these pics. My mom reminded me the other day that there were a few bats in our neighbour's house in Lumsden (a small town outside Regina) when I was a little kid. I'd totally forgotten about that. But seeing the bats in Sydney still seems so exotic. I've never seen so many at once, especially not hanging in the trees of a public park. So have a look for yourself here:
As if that's not creepy! Especially with the grey cloud behind the bare branches of that tree. (The bats are the black things hanging off the trees that look a bit like big leaves themselves, FYI)
And here is a close-up I took with the zoom lens. You'll notice that they have reddish fur on them. Some people say they're not bats at all, as they're called "Flying Foxes." But my friend Wikipedia says that Flying Foxes are indeed bats, the largest bats in the world, in fact. They also eat only fruit so I don't think I need to cover my neck up when they're around.
And here is a lonely bat sailing through the sunny skies on Monday. I thought bats only came to life at night but they were making all kinds of noise when I visited on Monday morning. When I walked through the same park on Tuesday afternoon they were all sleeping and very, very quiet.
That's all he wrote for today.
6 comments:
I am crawling out of skin already... bats are just rats with wings. Creepy. Interesting useful fact? The last two people infected with rabies from an animal in Alberta over the past decade? Yep, victims of bat bites. Was in news recently. I went in the bat house last time I was at Calgary zoo and I can't even begin to tell you how freaked out I was. But perversely, I WAS waiting to see your pics... haha.
Crap, I forgot to leave my name on that... that's my post... hehe... Yours truly, Ms. Kelly Brownzees
I have to agree, bats really creep me out, but I too was waiting to see these pics! Crazy that they just hang out in trees in the park during the day. Love the blog and all your pics!
Yuck...bats... my niece found one in her rental townhouse in Regina in December. Needless to say she moved out of there in a hurry.They had to go through a whole wack of immunization shots..not fun.
Love the blog and your writing! It's a sunny day in Regina..time to get out and take the Christmas lights down~!! Janet and Doug Craig
Bats are some of the CUTEST creatures that exist! I've spent hours at the zoo watching them crawl around on the "cave" ceiling. Their furry little faces are cuter than those of Lemurs. I'm jealous that you were able to see them in the wild.
Yeah! I love the bats. I found them cute!
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