Morning is finally starting to arrive noticeably later these last few days. I'm cautiously optimistic that I've almost made it through summer. Yesterday I was able to watch the bats for almost ten minutes after I did my early morning barn check.
At the very end there was only one bat still out and it stayed out grabbing some extra insects for several minutes. Suddenly another bat flew in from the northwest. They met in the air and swirled around each other for a few seconds, not making contact, and then one bat flew into the barn and the other headed out across the fields to the southeast.
My feeling is the bat I had been watching flew into our barn and the other bat was just passing through, but the bat I had been watching very well could have been an intruder who had just gotten run off. It didn't seem like an aggressive interaction however.
Regardless, there must be another bat colony nearby. Maybe they have branched off of our bats and the two were friends or relatives just checking in, sharing some news. I'll poke around in the run in sheds and see if I can find any signs.
4 comments:
I do love bats. I haven't seen any here in a long time. :-(
We used to have some at our very old place and I liked watching them too:)
I like watching bats also. They are so important to your world.
Bats are interesting birds. We have two bat houses on the outside walls of the indoor arena. They seem to like it.
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