Monday, April 28, 2008
So now that we have outdoor furniture, we sit outside. I know this sounds obvious - but we haven't really sat outside since we've lived in the house because it was just too depressing to be back there on the concrete driveway slab thing facing the scraggly weedfest.
Anyway, we were out there 3 nights ago and the sun was setting, so pretty, it was like 75 degrees out because it's been warm here. And then a drunken little bird flew by. And every 30 seconds, more drunken little birds flew by.
We thought for a little while they were hummingbirds, but that didn't make any sense based on the flight paths and the fact that it was dusk. Then we thought maybe they were big moths, but they were zipping around corners and not really attracted to the outdoor lights. And then one flew right in between us and we figured it out! Because it had elbows.
Apparently they are Mexican free tail bats. Now every night we're out there waiting for the bats - they fly in between little swarms of gnats that swirl above our lawn and any puddles that form after the sprinklers turn off. They are so cool!
So far when I have told people they have said:
- Cool! (5%)
- EW! (80%)
- Do you know you can get them stuck in your hair? (5% - and this is a myth by the way)
- EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! (10%)
Well, anyhow. WE like them.
6 comments:
I think they're cool, too. They eat mosquitos...yay! They do have that rabies thing goin' on there, but I think that's more of an issue when you're spelunking and stick your hand into their little homes...my vote is "cool".
Mel
Just wait till they come indoors...
I don't think they will come indoors, as the bats have been in the area long before the subdivisions existed (over 50 years).
It's just new to us, as we never noticed them before.
Although, they are attracted by blond hair.
And, don't handle a bat if one should fall. A girl did this in Madison, WI, when one fell on the floor at her church, got bit, and got rabies. Nearly died, but the Drs' tried a revolutionary treatment, and she lives!
OK no picking up the bats. Roger that. Also there are already bats in the belfry - no room for any more in here. I am concerned about the blond thing though. Why am I not gaining any of the stereotyped benefits from the blond thing? no fair.
They are from the Vampire family. They do suck sleeping bird/animal's blood.Careful when you sleep.
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