--- In vickipowys <> wrote:
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> Which species of Flying Fox do you have in your garden Syd? I hope
> you can get some recordings of them!
>
> cheers,
>
> Vicki
Hi Vicki
We get these in our trees in Littlehampton. Mormopterus planiceps, the Sout=
hern Free-Tailed Bats (also known as Mastiff Bats).
This was captured in the background of a cricket recording (Yes, on Boxing =
Day hence the title)
http://acousticlight.net/blog/?p=3D402
Funny story.
Kerry had just returned home from minor surgery, so to give her some peace,=
I slept in the spare room. At about 2:00 am and unable to move, she called=
out that there was something flapping around in the room. Thinking either =
a large moth, or drug induced hallucinations, I went to investigate. Switch=
ing on the light, a small bat was orbiting the bedroom, like something from=
a Bela Lugosi movie.
I shut the bedroom door and opened the en-suite, where it finally stopped a=
nd hung from the grill on the ceiling fan. Shutting the door, I went outsid=
e and took the screen off the window. After about 30 minutes it finally exi=
ted to freedom.
The strange thing is how we think it got into the house. A friend had visit=
ed wearing a 'Dryza Bone' that she usually leave hung in her stable. We thi=
nk it came in carried in a pocket. We now call her the 'bat lady'
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