Grey-headed flying fox
Mar 4, 2019 11:03:31 #
Mar 4, 2019 15:02:05 #
gawler wrote:
Grey headed Flying foxes overheat after the temp gets to around 40c by 42c they start to die , on a recent 47c day in Adelaide we lost around 3000-4000 bats in just a few hours it was like it was raining bats very sad day .... but last night at around 40c They just get hot and fly along the river to cool down and drink off of there wet fur .... heres a few shots i got last night ... these are fairly high ISO as happens late afternoon ....
Omg, these are spectacular!
Mar 4, 2019 17:14:51 #
Wow! Fantastic shots. But, aren't these fishing bats? #2 looks like it nabbed a small fish, and foot claws are held pointing down like fishing bats. I don't know Jack, so I'm just making observations. If true, would make them predatory, while other foxes are herbivorous.
Mar 4, 2019 17:20:09 #
Nope!!! I guess that's another body art below #2! Should do my downloading before I run my mouth. Really fine shots.
Mar 4, 2019 18:55:50 #
relbugman wrote:
Nope!!! I guess that's another body art below #2! Should do my downloading before I run my mouth. Really fine shots.
lol , yes these are Fruit eating bats just cooling off on a hot day 40c plus ... this is also how they get a drink , these bats have a wing span of 1 meter or up to ... so large bats ..they use eyes and smell to find fruit and nectar ... mostly nocturnal they hang in large colonies in trees near water . this one was at around 18000 bats near the Adelaide zoo South Australia , but after repeated heat waves and a loss of around 4000 bats in just one day who knows how many are left ..... but you can see the decline looking into the tress , so i would guess a lot .... Fruit bats die if the temps get above about 42c and its done that a lot this summer , another hottest on record ...to follow on from all the others we get nearly every year now .... we are also in the middle of the worst drought on record ....
Mar 4, 2019 22:33:05 #
gawler wrote:
lol , yes these are Fruit eating bats just cooling... (show quote)
We have these large bats housed by the UF research not far from where I live. They open it for the public to view them once a year at a bat festival. I have been and they are large and amazing creatures.
Mar 5, 2019 20:53:39 #
I love your set capture; those skimming the water are just superb.
I have a bat that visits my garden most nights but he is a lazy model, just hangs upside gown in the date palm after having a snack on the fruit.
Used to live at a place where thousands flew over at dusk every night. Big lesson was to put the car in the garage as the bat deposits are large, purple and very acidic.
I have a bat that visits my garden most nights but he is a lazy model, just hangs upside gown in the date palm after having a snack on the fruit.
Used to live at a place where thousands flew over at dusk every night. Big lesson was to put the car in the garage as the bat deposits are large, purple and very acidic.
Mar 10, 2019 16:21:08 #
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