flying foxes

["Judy Corp" <>]

I think the Night Fest lighting might have something to do with them going and now perhaps returning.

Judy

 

From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2010 4:52 PM
To: Charmian Lawson
Cc: Judy Corp; COG
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] flying foxes

 

When we attended Floriade earlier in the week i could find no bats in their usual haunt.  However I was talking with a friend who volunteers at the event and she reported that her co-volunteer heard some above the rhododendrons  this morning.  So perhaps they are coming back?

Martin

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Charmian Lawson <> wrote:

Hi Judy

When we went to Floriade the first Saturday morning, in the trees down towards the ponds there were a number of flying foxes. They  created quite a bit of interest amongst those who hadn't seen them before.

The next Saturday when I was there with our daughter and her family, there were lots of coloured umbrellas high in the branches of the trees. The umbrellas bore the marks of lots and lots of flying fox fallout and intially I thought they might have been placed there to protect the pedestrians below from this stuff. However, they were apparently a part of the night events, and were lit up at night.

We went again this week, and the umbrellas were gone and so were the creatures - frightened off by the umbrellas? or by night Floriade or by the activities during the festival? or just simply moving on?

I am sure someone knows the answer.

Charmian Lawson
Holder