"I'm Batman"

 We had a bit of a tizzy here this past Saturday afternoon.  

Seems a bat was out and about at 3ish in the afternoon.  It was acting strange; not flying to well, flying awful low, out in the hot, humid day and didn't seem to be bothered or scared of us humans.  It was skimming the pool, with a couple times just breaking the water.  Grabbing a drink?  Grabbing a floating insect?  Not sure but it would fly a short distance away and land in trees.  Did these numerous times.  The pics below show it resting, I guess, just hanging upside down.  Didn't stay like that too long before it took off again, doing the same things.

We summize this was a juvenile bat.  One that hasn't been taught the ropes yet and took off early (or perhaps a late night, wink wink) and ventured out on it's own.  Slim chance it was rabid.  It eventually flew off, hopefully home safe and sound, but it's presence had the recent HS graduates in a tizzy...

"Holy Heart Failure, Batman!" - Robin

Check out our middle-of-the-night-inside-the-house-flying-circles-around-first-the-bedroom-then-the-living-room-visitor!

Yuppers!  This little guy made his way inside the house in the middle of the night.

I grabbed our fishing net and caught the little booger.  He wasn't too pleased either, not at all.  For such a little guy he sure could carry on and put up quite a fuss.

It was difficult to get this bugger untangled from the net but fortunately I was able to.  He was set free with a stern talking to and with specific instructions to continue riding our ole homestead of the pesky mosquitoes.  Time will tell if he listens.

I'm Batman!

The bats have been out and about all Summer long.  We notice them out just before night fall and they go all night long.  They're constantly flying over the pool and our backyard. Counting them is difficult but suffice to say there are at least two or three.

Here are a couple cool shots.