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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chickadeedeedee" data-source="post: 1556606" data-attributes="member: 31336">We were watching the meteors go by last night. The Perseid Meteor Shower is always one we enjoy. Last night was crystal clear with just a rare fluffy cloud drifting by ... no doubt enjoying the view as well. The meteors were everywhere. Initially we started looking through bins but quickly gave that up because we were missing the show.Our daughter did happen to see one meteor through the telescope we set up in the garden to look out over the lake. We were averaging one meteor every 20 seconds at one point. Other flashes of light in the sky were provided by our lightening bugs.  <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/firefly.html" target="_blank">http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/firefly.html</a>Aside from the mosquitoes and moths the night sky was also alive with bats. Perfectly silent ... they too were everywhere and at times flew quite close. There are eleven species of bats native to Ohio and I do not know which were visiting last night. The only thing that broke the silence of the night was the musical chirpings  of the Katydid (tree crickets), Black Crickets, and one scream from me when something with too many legs started to crawl up my leg. :'D</blockquote>