Bats in flight: A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats lives under the Yolo causeway, which carries I-80 over the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Reserve. They fly out at sunset to feed, and I took...

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Bats in flight

Aug 25, 2019 14:06:29 #

jeffhendy Loc: El Dorado Hills, CA

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats lives under the Yolo causeway, which carries I-80 over the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Reserve. They fly out at sunset to feed, and I took these shots last week while on a bat walk organized by the Reserve.
It turned out that a pair of peregrine falcons were on their own bat flight, and I was lucky enough to capture the capture of a bat.
Unfortunately I only had the 70-300 mm lens with me, so the capture is a big crop! But I was glad I got it. My Sony A73 did a fantastic job of focussing in the low light.

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Aug 25, 2019 14:31:15 #

falcnheart7 Loc: RI

Excellent!!

Aug 25, 2019 14:47:02 #

Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

That's a lot of bats. A nice series.

Aug 25, 2019 14:56:49 #

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Great series ! ......thanks for sharing

Aug 25, 2019 15:02:39 #

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Wow!

Aug 25, 2019 15:20:34 #

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nice action series.

Aug 25, 2019 19:03:30 #

Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii

Some cool stuff ... growing up in Sacramento .. I have crossed over the Yolo causeway 100’s of times ...never knew about the bats ...., kinda cool ...a bat walk , and the captures ..., thnx for posting ..,

Aug 26, 2019 07:32:43 #

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

That 1st one is beautiful, and captures the time of day very well. Neat shots! Falcon shots quite a bit of interest, too!
Austin, Texas has a similar setting, over the river, for those closer to that area.

Aug 26, 2019 08:34:21 #