Hi David
Like the others, I suggest he is a black. Too large for a little red
and Brisbane is far outside the speccies range. Too little hair on the
legs (and the wrong colour) to be a grey.
There is a food shortage for fruit bats all along the east coast. As a
result many are roosting away from their camps, either in or near food
trees. This is either (or both) because they are too weak to fly home
or because this way they get to the food earlier in the evening than
others and have reduced competition. I understand that the apiarists
do not expect significant flowering until summer.
Your bat appears to have a significant injury to his/her right thumb.
It would be worth ringing Bat Rescue (07 3821 2341 or
http://www.bats.org.au/) to talk about getting someone out to look at
him and decide if he/she should be in care. Bat Rescue is a free
volunteer service.
For interest, Cocos/ Queen palms are dreadful, exotic pest for bats
and our native bush, although the bats eat them and spread their
seeds. The seeds ruin the bats teeth (too hard and too large) and when
green the fruit is a neurotoxin.
I have been reading the list and wondered what impact the food
shortage (a lack of significant and high nectar flow flowering) is
having on fruit and nectar eating birds? I have not seen any posting
about this.
cheers
storm, who has 3 bloody Cocos palms in the yard and far too many bats,
because the food shortage is from above Brisbane all the way down to
the vic border
-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of david taylor
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:10 AM
To: Birding-Aus Aus
Subject: Flying-fox ID help please
I know this is a little off topic but I know there are a number of
mammal and bat enthusiasts on the site - recently a Flying Fox has
taken up residence right outside my door and despite looking at a
number of images online I am a little unsure which species it is
ive posted a number of images on my website - go to this link and then
click on the flying fox image link
Any feedback much appreciated
http://web.me.com/theplainswanderer
regards
David Taylor
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