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Bats on the hummingbird feeder (1 Viewer)

ryanibis

ryanibis

ryanibis
I recently had some bats visiting our hummer feeders. They're fascinating to watch, very agile.

I think they're lesser long-nosed bats but I'm not entirely sure. They are described as small bats; they seemed large to me but I haven't known that many bats. :)

Anyway, interesting photos of nectar-feeding bats in flight.

The gallery is at www.ryanibis.com/bats.htm
 
ryanibis said:
I recently had some bats visiting our hummer feeders. They're fascinating to watch, very agile.

I think they're lesser long-nosed bats but I'm not entirely sure. They are described as small bats; they seemed large to me but I haven't known that many bats. :)

Anyway, interesting photos of nectar-feeding bats in flight.

The gallery is at www.ryanibis.com/bats.htm
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Brilliant photo's, amazing to see.

Mark
 
Excellent photos, as usual. I'm having the same problem here in Hereford. The bats are drinking everything up at night.
 
ryanibis said:
I recently had some bats visiting our hummer feeders. They're fascinating to watch, very agile.
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Cool! Whetstone is just north of Sierra Vista, isn't it? Do you get lots of bats? I bought a simple bat detector, and according to it, we have very few bats in our neighborhood. There's an area south of me that has a lot of mines for semi-precious gems, and I want to try the detector in that area.
 
Thanks all for the kind comments, I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. Yes, Curtis, Whetstone is about 15 miles N of Sierra Vista, just E of the Whetstone mtns and S of Kartchner caverns. The bat visits are kinda sporadic, a couple nites in a row, then nothing. The nectar feeding bats, from what I've read, follow the blossoms and hence, the rain. I think we had 2 different species if you look at the pics, the other is the mexican brown bat or something along those lines. They have a greyer chest and darker head, they are mixed in a couple of the shots.

have fun!
 
Totally new here in Sierra Vista and this forum. My wife, kids and I heard Sierra Vista was a major hummingbird hub, so we got three feeders. We saw a bunch of hummingbirds; however, one morning all our feeders were drained. We were very perplexed and filled them again and waited. The following pictures were taken 2 days ago on the 16th of August. This was what we saw:

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porkrind said:
Totally new here in Sierra Vista and this forum. My wife, kids and I heard Sierra Vista was a major hummingbird hub, so we got three feeders. We saw a bunch of hummingbirds; however, one morning all our feeders were drained. We were very perplexed and filled them again and waited. The following pictures were taken 2 days ago on the 16th of August. This was what we saw:

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Those pictures are amazing !! Thankyou for sharing.
 
Bats at Hummingbird feeders

Attached is a photo of nectar feeding bats at our humming bird feeder taken in Douglas, AZ. I have several more but too large to post.
 

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Wow, nice shot, plyce! Can't wait for my new flash to come in so I can try for some. I know they are here because the feeder is emptied every night. Probably won't get half as decent a shot as your's or Shawn's, but will have fun trying.
 
Isurus: Those are amazing photos! Such detail, absolutely stunning! I would love to be able to take such remarkable photos, fantastic. Thanx for sharing, and thanx all for the kind words.
 
ryanibis said:
Isurus: Those are amazing photos! Such detail, absolutely stunning! I would love to be able to take such remarkable photos, fantastic. Thanx for sharing, and thanx all for the kind words.
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Yes Beth's photo skills are sensational. If you're in a similar location her website is an awesome resource - the roadrunner and owl at the birdbath photos http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2005/07/05/screech-owl-roadrunner/ for example are awesome.
 
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