Bats!

Fish Haid

I've been seeing a lot of bats lately while I'm in the pool at dusk. Most are very small and fly in a fluttery motion, and may dive bomb the pool, but not too low. Last night, I noticed a different species. Much bigger and not as "fluttery". Flew more straight, and actually swooped down to skim the pool surface a few times. Getting a drink, I suppose. The big one seemed darker, and seemed to have a white stripe on the bottom of each wing (in the center, front-to-back). I suppose the stripe may have been one of it's wing bones.

capt louie

Bats are cool .

Westwall01

Grab it and bite its' head off

Grouper Genius

Westwall01 wrote: »

Grab it and bite its' head off

That's Alice or Ozzie, not Zappa.

Fish Haid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2pgWsYSyUA

10X

White nose syndrome is about to wipe them out in GA and other places. Love to watch them work at dusk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_nose_syndrome

Westwall01

Grouper Genius wrote: »

That's Alice or Ozzie, not Zappa.

Ozzie

Demere

Bats eat bugs. Bats are good.

restlessnative

Demere wrote: »

Bats eat bugs. Bats are good.

Buglivesmatter

Polar

drkptt

Throw small pebbles up in the air and watch them change directions to try and catch them.

James243

Or BBs from a daisy

Griz

James243 wrote: »

Or BBs from a daisy

If you get a knock at your front door:http://www.floridabats.org/exclusions.htm

Do not attempt to poison or exterminate bats. Bats are protected under Florida wildlife laws and it is illegal to willfully kill bats in Florida.

Westwall01

James243 wrote: »

Or BBs from a daisy

Yeah not a good idea on any level

restlessnative

Griz wrote: »

If you get a knock at your front door:http://www.floridabats.org/exclusions.htm

Do not attempt to poison or exterminate bats. Bats are protected under Florida wildlife laws and it is illegal to willfully kill bats in Florida.

So if he doesn't actually kill one it's fine :wink

Heatwave

Actually, deep fried bat is awesome... try it...

Turner River Terror

restlessnative wrote: »

So if he doesn't actually kill one it's fine :wink

As long as he didn't kill it WILLFULLY...He should be good to go is the way I read it.:shrug
We didn't mean to kill him we just wanted to see if it would go into sensory overload with 40 number #8 shot flying by..:spin

fishdish

http://www.floridabats.org/Species_TABR.htm

Brazillian Free Tailed maybe??? They're pretty commin down here around bridges and piers.

Parkerboy

I like bats and put bat houses up on my house and garage. It is amazing just how many fit in those small houses and there is a noticeable reduction in mosquitoes around my house.

10X

fishdish wrote: »

http://www.floridabats.org/Species_TABR.htm

Brazillian Free Tailed maybe??? They're pretty commin down here around bridges and piers.

Brazillian free tail......hmmmmmm. Pretty common on some beaches as well.

tag

Take a walk in the early evening and bats will follow you around and will dive on the bugs you scare up.

MGTeacher

The small "flittery" bats are what we call leather wings.

Resinhead

We have a few that circle the pool at dusk. Dogs tries to catch them when they get low.

MRichardson

Fish Haid wrote: »

I've been seeing a lot of bats lately while I'm in the pool at dusk. Most are very small and fly in a fluttery motion, and may dive bomb the pool, but not too low. Last night, I noticed a different species. Much bigger and not as "fluttery". Flew more straight, and actually swooped down to skim the pool surface a few times. Getting a drink, I suppose. The big one seemed darker, and seemed to have a white stripe on the bottom of each wing (in the center, front-to-back). I suppose the stripe may have been one of it's wing bones.

White stripe? No native bat has that.
Sounds like a common nighthawk mixed in w/the bats.
They fly at dusk/night like bats and feed on flying insects like bats.
And drink the same way too...

Bruce S

goat sucker

King_Me

Fish Haid wrote: »

and actually swooped down to skim the pool surface a few times. Getting a drink, I suppose. The big one seemed darker

You do know bats can swim, right? Be careful in your pool.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62T-Ht_jWHE

Griz

That second one has great form.

dragon bait

Heatwave wrote: »

Actually, deep fried bat is awesome... try it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRv4O3rdhCE

Fish Haid

MRichardson wrote: »

White stripe? No native bat has that.
Sounds like a common nighthawk mixed in w/the bats.
They fly at dusk/night like bats and feed on flying insects like bats.
And drink the same way too...

Hmm... possible, but it probably wasn't quite that big.

knotty boys

#12 Adams on light tippet was fun when I was a kid

Team Sabatage

Bats are the night shift on bug control patrol. Some eat several times their body weight in bugs every night.