Very cute.
I hate to be a downer but if the bat is still there the next day they might need help, IIRC they normally roost in dark protected areas not so exposed. If a bat rescue group has a member nearby they might be able to help. Hopefully everything is fine though.
yeah, i did a stint volunteering in wildlife rehab and i’m asking him to check tomorrow if it’s still there, we can always just put him in a box and get it to the local place
Now you've got me wondering about the ones I see in my back yard. I know where this is headed: I Google to try to figure out what bats are common here, go to Wikipedia, click on a link to some more general category of mammals, narrow in on another & 5 hours later, I'm researching building codes.
As Kate said, yes some do. For some migratory species it's seasonal like birds.
For some others like the "Flying Foxes" they live in large nomadic colonies which camp in trees which move to find new sources of fruit, pollen, and leaves. They look like large seed pods hanging from trees in the day.
See, now the flying foxes don't surprise me. They sleep outside, not in some cozy hole you'd never leave, they're big, and they gather in pretty large groups, so I could see them exhausting local food supplies. But I'm kind of assuming Kate is in North America, so I was ruling out Australian bats.
red bats are more likely to hang out in relatively exposed tree branches compared to other bats (it's why they have the colouring, they blend into autumn foliage) so hopefully they're just fine!
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It's so sweet... Ugh! I just want to cuddle it. This is such a beautiful photo. I saved it as inspiration for a painting someday.
*note: I am not a great painter. I just enjoy doing it*
