Bats

Just as different types of birds migrate through here, it seems that now it is time for bats. In the last couple weeks bats have taken over the evening sky. They come out about a half hour before sunset. I can’t tell how long they stay, because it’s dark.

Lots of bats. At any given time you can just look around the sky and see several. Stand in once spot for 5 minutes and you’ll be able to count 25 – 50 bats flying around, ffft ffft ffft ffft as they flap by. These are good sized bats. Bigger than a sparrow, close to the size of a robin, and solid dark brown. Some guys will flip small rocks up in the air, and the bats will swoop down at the rock.

We don’t seem to have lots of insects, which I suppose may be because there are so many bats. However, even before the bats showed up we didn’t seem to have an insect problem. The bats don’t swoop down low; they stay about telephone pole altitude. Everyone has short hair so I guess we’re not worried about getting bats in our hair. Or we’re wearing a helmet.