Which species of Flying Fox do you have in your garden Syd? I hope
you can get some recordings of them!
cheers,
Vicki
On 28/08/2009, at 11:38 AM, Syd Curtis wrote:
>
> I probably should apologise in advance for this posting - not
> really what
> you are discussing but I can't resist mentioning that we too get
> bats in our
> suburban garden here in Brisbane (Australia).
>
> Wingspan of about one metre. Loud voices; frequencies within human
> hearing-range. Very loud, when disputing ownership of the fruit of
> our
> palm-tree.
>
> We didn't plant the palm; it just appeared in our garden shortly
> after we
> moved moved here in 1960. The seed was dropped, I feel sure, by a
> bat -
> locally known as a Flying-fox - a species of Pteropus.
>
> The palm fruits are not suitable for human consumption, and our furry
> friends are welcome guests. (Though to be completely accurate, one
> would
> have to say we humans are the (unwelcome) guests of the older
> inhabitants of
> this land.)
>
> Cheers
>
> Syd
>
>> From: "animalsounds" <>
>> Reply-To:
>> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:57:53 -0000
>> To:
>> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Recording Bats - what microphone
>> to use?
>>
>> Yes, it is surprising how many different bat species can even
>> appear in a
>> suburban garden.
>
>
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