Great photos, Timothy! I remember bats flying over the backyard in Michigan gobbling up the bugs, just missing our heads at times. Wonderful critters! 😊
Laughing. Love it. We get small bats at The Holler. But in Oz I photo’d big serious ones.
I did know about bats, long before Wuhan.
I know their potential to spread rabies, for example.
I just don’t why we are all accepting China’s explanation,
for why they screwed with bat, hiv, and ebola virus rna.
I think virologists the world over, were terrified to be linked to them.
Hi Tim, love your title, and play on words. S & G would approve. Lovely photos, I didn’t think bats were out and about so much during the day, although I don’t know when the photos were taken. Have a good Wednesday evening! ~ Mia
Thanks, Mia. The sun had set, and there was still color in the clouds reflecting off the water when I took these photos. Bats are rarely out during the day because is light messes up their sonar. They start becoming active at dusk.
You’re welcome Tim, and thank you for the information about the bats. Sonar would make for a nice addition to our five senses!
Echolocation as it’s called. Our stereo hearing allows us to sound locate, but we can’t really send out sounds and get feed back from what bounces back to us.
Sail on, evening bat, sail on by … – I love your Simon & Garfunkel-inspired title as much as the beautiful photographs.
Hi Couriers. High ISO, wide-open lens, relatively fast shutter speeds, and these few relatively clear shots out of a whole lot of shots of a blurred bat.
Hi Lavinia. There are lots of gnats over the water since all the other insect eaters are over the water as well. But then we run into lots and lots of swarms of gnats on the levee.
Awesome shots of the bat Tim, the are so sleek and aerodynamic with the air under their open wings. I immediately thought of the song Smoke on the Water rather than S & G.
Smoke on the Water…Deep Purple. I think it fits rather well.
It does. I think I’ll play it when I get home.
Hope you did and enjoyed! Happy Saturday!
Like I commented on to Marina on anther post it sounded kind of like “Da da da, da da , dada! Da da da, da, da!”
Kind of like that yeah! If I’m not mistaken it was a one hit wonder.
Actually, Deep Purple had several hits. But Smoke on the Water is one that really sticks in people’s minds because of the simplicity and catchyness of the beginning guitar line. You might remember my bloody awful parody of their hit song “Space Truckin'” that I posted a few months ago? I called it “Space Herpes”.
Haha! I missed that Timothy. I have to go hear that right away.
Love that. Never kiss the Aurora Borealis. That’s just asking for trouble. Right now Heroes doesn’t seem so bad. ☹️
You have to be carful with space junk.
lol, very careful!
Did Gary Oldnsn get nominated for an Oscar for his role as Bram Tickers Dracula?
I guess he was nominated but didn’t win. I didn’t see the movie. I’ve read the book.
Tim, I don’t know how you got this but it was a google search for a friend. Lol, thanks for responding though. You’re the best.
I thought it was a strange comment, but I figured you had made a connection between Dracula, Oscars and herpes. There’s a certian twisted logic in the concept.
Laughing out loud. That’s so weird that you got that msg. I was obviously still logged in here , oh I really must be careful. 😊
I believe a cyberspace interlocation switcheroo got you.
That must be it. I’m keeping you on your toes! Be prepared for other quizzes.
Far enough.
Fair enough. My typing has gotten so bad.
Auto correct gets us in trouble!
I keep autocorrect turned off. I only suggets silly things.
I’m not secure enough to turn it off but I say some weird things. I can tell you don’t need it though.
I think autosuggest is much better than autocorrect because it gives you a change to accept or decline. Autocorrect, like Siri, gets totally out of control.
She’s so bossy.
And pesky. When Laurie had Siri on Siri would break into our conversations to add her two cents worth without us asking what she thought. One time Laurie asked me what Siri would think about something. I said “Siri’s stupid!”, and Siri came on and said “You hurt my feelings!” Poor sensitive thing.
Poor girl, she’s just tying to help. Put a pillow over her!
She’s turned off. My phone asks if I want to “Turn on Siri?” That’s a frightening thought. Telly telling what a “turned on” Siri would do.
The whole things just getting out of hand. Technology is taking over our lives!!
Off Center & Not Even 
Bats are such marvelous creatures. Great images!
Thanks, Maj & Sher.
Oh so exciting to come upon this sight, Timothy, and excellent work getting these photos. This is a relatively big bat species.
Thanks, Jet. It’s a common bat about the size of a large mouse.
Great photos, Timothy! I remember bats flying over the backyard in Michigan gobbling up the bugs, just missing our heads at times. Wonderful critters! 😊
Thanks, John. If we are out late enough, bats will be buzzing us like crazy. I think they get their jollies flying by and making our hair wisp up.
Or, they are sniffing our blood, which human tastes best? 😂
Wow. Never see them around here!
Hi Dale. You probably have bats, just don’t see them out in the dark.
Probably… But they keep to themselves.
Laughing. Love it. We get small bats at The Holler. But in Oz I photo’d big serious ones.
I did know about bats, long before Wuhan.
I know their potential to spread rabies, for example.
I just don’t why we are all accepting China’s explanation,
for why they screwed with bat, hiv, and ebola virus rna.
I think virologists the world over, were terrified to be linked to them.
Thanks, Cindy. I hear you on all those points.
Hi Tim, love your title, and play on words. S & G would approve. Lovely photos, I didn’t think bats were out and about so much during the day, although I don’t know when the photos were taken. Have a good Wednesday evening! ~ Mia
Thanks, Mia. The sun had set, and there was still color in the clouds reflecting off the water when I took these photos. Bats are rarely out during the day because is light messes up their sonar. They start becoming active at dusk.
You’re welcome Tim, and thank you for the information about the bats. Sonar would make for a nice addition to our five senses!
Echolocation as it’s called. Our stereo hearing allows us to sound locate, but we can’t really send out sounds and get feed back from what bounces back to us.
Sail on, evening bat, sail on by … – I love your Simon & Garfunkel-inspired title as much as the beautiful photographs.
Thanks, Puzzleblume. Happy you got the title.
Once again, amazing images. Just beautiful. Little a oasis of calm.
Thanks, Shehanne.
Not sure how you captured those photos, they move so fast!
Hi Couriers. High ISO, wide-open lens, relatively fast shutter speeds, and these few relatively clear shots out of a whole lot of shots of a blurred bat.
Beautiful images, Tim! Over the water should have been a great hunting ground for this bat.
Hi Lavinia. There are lots of gnats over the water since all the other insect eaters are over the water as well. But then we run into lots and lots of swarms of gnats on the levee.
Wow, Tim, these are wonderful images! I can imagine how hard it must have been to capture them! 👌
Thanks, Marina. Let’s just say a lot of frames were snapped off.
Well, you got plenty there and all great! 🙂
The few frames out of the many. But when it comes to sports and bats, you have to take a lot of pictures to the few good shots.
Oh, yes, I know!!!!
That is so awesome, great capture!
Thanks, Tiffany.
Awesome shots of the bat Tim, the are so sleek and aerodynamic with the air under their open wings. I immediately thought of the song Smoke on the Water rather than S & G.
Thanks, Holly. You were thinking smoke from the Purple Haze. But we definitely have smoke on the water right now.
Smoke on the Water…Deep Purple. I think it fits rather well.
It does. I think I’ll play it when I get home.
Hope you did and enjoyed! Happy Saturday!
Like I commented on to Marina on anther post it sounded kind of like “Da da da, da da , dada! Da da da, da, da!”
Kind of like that yeah! If I’m not mistaken it was a one hit wonder.
Actually, Deep Purple had several hits. But Smoke on the Water is one that really sticks in people’s minds because of the simplicity and catchyness of the beginning guitar line. You might remember my bloody awful parody of their hit song “Space Truckin'” that I posted a few months ago? I called it “Space Herpes”.
Haha! I missed that Timothy. I have to go hear that right away.
Here’s the link: https://wp.me/p1yQyy-51h
Love that. Never kiss the Aurora Borealis. That’s just asking for trouble. Right now Heroes doesn’t seem so bad. ☹️
You have to be carful with space junk.
lol, very careful!
Did Gary Oldnsn get nominated for an Oscar for his role as Bram Tickers Dracula?
I guess he was nominated but didn’t win. I didn’t see the movie. I’ve read the book.
Tim, I don’t know how you got this but it was a google search for a friend. Lol, thanks for responding though. You’re the best.
I thought it was a strange comment, but I figured you had made a connection between Dracula, Oscars and herpes. There’s a certian twisted logic in the concept.
Laughing out loud. That’s so weird that you got that msg. I was obviously still logged in here , oh I really must be careful. 😊
I believe a cyberspace interlocation switcheroo got you.
That must be it. I’m keeping you on your toes! Be prepared for other quizzes.
Far enough.
Fair enough. My typing has gotten so bad.
Auto correct gets us in trouble!
I keep autocorrect turned off. I only suggets silly things.
I’m not secure enough to turn it off but I say some weird things. I can tell you don’t need it though.
I think autosuggest is much better than autocorrect because it gives you a change to accept or decline. Autocorrect, like Siri, gets totally out of control.
She’s so bossy.
And pesky. When Laurie had Siri on Siri would break into our conversations to add her two cents worth without us asking what she thought. One time Laurie asked me what Siri would think about something. I said “Siri’s stupid!”, and Siri came on and said “You hurt my feelings!” Poor sensitive thing.
Poor girl, she’s just tying to help. Put a pillow over her!
She’s turned off. My phone asks if I want to “Turn on Siri?” That’s a frightening thought. Telly telling what a “turned on” Siri would do.
The whole things just getting out of hand. Technology is taking over our lives!!