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  1. Proboscis Bat

    Proboscis Bat

    Proboscis Bat (Rhynchonycteris naso: Emballonuridae)
  2. Bat

    Bat

    I've not even tried to identify this bat - I know very little about them. It seems that stakes in the lagoon are an excellent roosting spot if you're a bat.
  3. Bat Falcon

    Bat Falcon

  4. bat.

    bat.

    well guys put this in the animal category as its a mammal.only usually see these flying around at night but when i took my car for an mot saw this one on the wall i had no camera but thank god i had my sidekick erin with me and she had her iphone.the guy said there is alot of bats he sees them...
  5. Yellow-Winged Bat

    Yellow-Winged Bat

    Taken after start, the animal just left its hanging-place in the tree, letting itself fall down to start flying.
  6. Banshee

    Banshee

    Sat quietly at the computer viewing photos on the forum when there is an almighty scream like a banshee. My wife is stood at the kitchen door saying, "OMG. in there." Opening the door I was confronted face on by a very large BAT."Leave it to me I will get it out.""As it...
  7. Bat Falcon

    Bat Falcon

    Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis petoensis) Photographed in Las Uvas, Cocl Province, Panama. Early morning with poor lighting, this falcon was having Euphonia for breakfast. Pacific lowlands, highly disturbed dry tropical forest in an urban setting with cultivated plants at ca. 49 m (160 ft)...
  8. winter guest

    winter guest

    this little bat stayed throughout the winter in my house. Hope you like the little chap (length appr. 2 Inch)
  9. Bat

    Bat

  10. Shower Bat

    Shower Bat

  11. Hanging around

    Hanging around

    Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
  12. Egyptian Slit-faced Bat

    Egyptian Slit-faced Bat

  13. Bat Falcon

    Bat Falcon

    This photo was taken at the Chorrera area, close to Panama City. It ws perched very high up close to an open field.
  14. And I on the other hand am not a morning person...

    And I on the other hand am not a morning person...

    Contrary to the other two morning shots I uploaded, this one shows bed time ;-) This seemed to be this little bat's regular perch. I am surprised with the picture quality inspite of the low light. My first clear bat sighting.
  15. Yellow-winged Bat

    Yellow-winged Bat

  16. Bat

    Bat

    I am not sure what type of Bat it is.
  17. White Tent Bats

    White Tent Bats

    Found these under a leaf. They make small bite marks and bend the leaf, so it looks drooped over. I couldn't use flash in the dark conditions because it disturbes that sleeping bats.
  18. Shhh, you hear something?

    Shhh, you hear something?

    Pallid bats - Antrozous pallidus These guys eat scorpions, among other arthropods, and also lick cactus nectar, thus pollinating night-blooming cacti.
  19. Spectacled Flying-fox

    Spectacled Flying-fox

    numerous bats in the center of Cairns
  20. Tiny Baby Bat

    Tiny Baby Bat

    My husband found this very tiny bat (about 2") sleeping on the clapboards of our house. I expect by nightfall he will be awake and gone.
  21. Bat

    Bat

    Don't know which species this day-flier is, but it had found a sheltered area in which to feed on insects. When a breeze set in, it flew away.
  22. Rodrigues Fruit Bat

    Rodrigues Fruit Bat

  23. Little Brown Bat

    Little Brown Bat

    Not completly sure. Please let me know if this is not a little brown bat so I can edit... Found him at work this morning, clinging to a post in the parking lot. Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis Description Variable shades of glossy brown above, with tips of hairs...
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