Bats In My Citrus Trees

[ali8780]

BTW Ali, the thing the rest of us love about the bats is that they eat those pesky bugs.
Bob

Point taken, but don't garter snakes also eat bugs?

[BoldHighlander]

Point taken, but don't garter snakes also eat bugs?

Aye, but I have yet to see a winged garter snake take to the sky after all those flying pests

[ali8780]

Aye, but I have yet to see a winged garter snake take to the sky after all those flying pests

True-- and quite frankly if they did, I'd have to put them on the hate list as well. The theme here is that I hate things that fly above my head or in my face, especially if it is in a spastic motion (i.e. moths)

[BoldHighlander]

The theme here is that I hate things that fly above my head or in my face, especially if it is in a spastic motion (i.e. moths)

Then I'd add owls, upon take-off from the ground anyways
They really are spastic flyers when flapping/lifting-off
I had one sitting in our alley one night nearly fly into our car as I came around the corner.

hmm , and just now recall one a few years ago that came gliding across the road late one night & almost took me off my Harley!!

[ali8780]

Then I'd add owls, upon take-off from the ground anyways
They really are spastic flyers when flapping/lifting-off
I had one sitting in our alley one night nearly fly into our car as I came around the corner.

hmm , and just now recall one a few years ago that came gliding across the road late one night & almost took me off my Harley!!

Holy Cow! The same thing happened to my husband and I while we were driving through Arizona/Utah, we actually hit an owl! We were just barely moving though, so no harm done, but we were completely dumbstruck, it was such an odd experience! I guess I always assumed that they were more graceful fliers

[BoldHighlander]

Holy Cow! The same thing happened to my husband and I while we were driving through Arizona/Utah, we actually hit an owl! We were just barely moving though, so no harm done, but we were completely dumbstruck, it was such an odd experience! I guess I always assumed that they were more graceful fliers

Seem's they have it in for bikers

[BroosterB1]

We have several fruitless mulberry's where during the summer we get a couple of family units of bats. Mostly Mexican Free-tails, but occasionally other kinds. All summer long we enjoy them putting on their aerial ballet, and listen to them "talk". Bats are just too cool.

It's really fun when Mama is teach the babies how to hunt, boy you talk about aerobatics! We'll see them for another couple of weeks then they will be headed back south. Neat stuff!ith: