I have bats

Nothing But Net · 07-17-2006, 01:06 AM

Nobody believed me, but I got a shot of one of the bastards last night.

He's a big one (7 - 8 inch wingspan). I measured the approximate distance and came up with 40 feet.

He will dive bomb you!

The closeup could show two wing beats, or one wingspread. Scary either way!

cableguy · 07-17-2006, 02:47 AM

yikes!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-17-2006, 05:54 AM

Just eating your mosquitos.......until they can find your jugular.

Very hard to photograph after dark... good job, NBN.

Kitsune · 07-17-2006, 08:22 AM

Cool trick -- when they fly in your direction, toss a pebble in the air. They'll often confuse it for an insect, lock in on it, catch it with a swoop and release.

barefoot serpent · 07-17-2006, 09:24 AM

I was fishing out on a lake after sunset and kept feeling these 'strikes' on the line -- it turned out to be bats swooping down and confusing the line for bugs.

jinx · 07-17-2006, 11:43 AM

Our old neighborhood was infested with bats, they were as common at night as birds in the day - and 4-5 times a year we'd have one in the house. I fucking hate bats in the house. Imagine sitting in your living room, quietly reading a magazine, glancing up, and seeing a bat dive bombing you. Bastards...
Cool shots though.

Griff · 07-17-2006, 12:07 PM

We've got them under our roof, but I kinda like the little fellas.

limey · 07-17-2006, 12:32 PM

Are they protected where you are? In Britain, if you have bats in your attic, you're not allowed to disturb them, and fined if you do.
(If you have bats in your belfry, that's a different problem altogether

!)

07-17-2006, 05:15 PM

My family and our contractor are building bat boxes for our homes to encourage them to move into our yards.
We have many in our neighborhoods.
Please do not shoot any more, they are needed.
If they are in your home I can get you instructions on how to get rid of them harmlessly.

jinx · 07-17-2006, 07:16 PM

In theory, getting a bat out of your house is simple; just open a door or window and they'll find their way out. In practice though, or my experience anyway, any bat that is smart enough to find their way out won't fly in by mistake in the first place - so you're either dealing with a total dumbass, or a criminal mastermind that is staging a coup. Either way, you end up with all your doors and windows wide open, sweating your ass off under a blanket with a bat circling overhead while your husband runs around with an oven mitt and a badminton racquet screaming like a woman.

My neighbor discovered that her husband has a bat phobia when one "attacked" them during dinner one night. He screamed, leapt up from the table, ran from the house, GOT IN THE CAR, and drove away. She had to call another neighbor in for help....

dar512 · 07-18-2006, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

while your husband runs around with an oven mitt and a badminton racquet screaming like a woman.

You wouldn't happen to have pictures of this, would you?

jinx · 07-18-2006, 06:30 PM

No.... but that would have been fantastic blackmail material... bummer...

9th Engineer · 08-24-2006, 11:29 PM

Bats in the house can have a nasty side besides the obvious, they pee when frightened. If bad urine all over your walls and carpet isn't bad enough it effectively aerosolizes the rabies virus (if the bat is infected) and will pass it to everyone who walks into the area.

Elspode · 07-18-2006, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

while your husband runs around with an oven mitt and a badminton racquet screaming like a woman.

I would have thought you'd have grown quite used to that sort of thing from LJ by now. One spliff too many, huh?

Clodfobble · 07-17-2006, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

...any bat that is smart enough to find their way out won't fly in by mistake in the first place - so you're either dealing with a total dumbass, or a criminal mastermind that is staging a coup.

Or a rabid one. Austin has tons of bats (our hockey team is even called the IceBats), and we get rabid-bat outbreaks every so often.

07-17-2006, 01:06 AM	#1
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	I have bats Nobody believed me, but I got a shot of one of the bastards last night. He's a big one (7 - 8 inch wingspan). I measured the approximate distance and came up with 40 feet. He will dive bomb you! The closeup could show two wing beats, or one wingspread. Scary either way! Attached Images

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07-17-2006, 05:54 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just eating your mosquitos.......until they can find your jugular. Very hard to photograph after dark... good job, NBN. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-17-2006, 09:24 AM	#5
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I was fishing out on a lake after sunset and kept feeling these 'strikes' on the line -- it turned out to be bats swooping down and confusing the line for bugs. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

07-17-2006, 11:43 AM	#6
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Our old neighborhood was infested with bats, they were as common at night as birds in the day - and 4-5 times a year we'd have one in the house. I fucking hate bats in the house. Imagine sitting in your living room, quietly reading a magazine, glancing up, and seeing a bat dive bombing you. Bastards... Cool shots though. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

07-17-2006, 08:22 AM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Cool trick -- when they fly in your direction, toss a pebble in the air. They'll often confuse it for an insect, lock in on it, catch it with a swoop and release.

07-17-2006, 12:07 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We've got them under our roof, but I kinda like the little fellas. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-17-2006, 12:32 PM	#8
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Are they protected where you are? In Britain, if you have bats in your attic, you're not allowed to disturb them, and fined if you do. (If you have bats in your belfry, that's a different problem altogether !) __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-17-2006, 05:15 PM	#9
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	My family and our contractor are building bat boxes for our homes to encourage them to move into our yards. We have many in our neighborhoods. Please do not shoot any more, they are needed. If they are in your home I can get you instructions on how to get rid of them harmlessly.

07-17-2006, 07:16 PM	#10
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	In theory, getting a bat out of your house is simple; just open a door or window and they'll find their way out. In practice though, or my experience anyway, any bat that is smart enough to find their way out won't fly in by mistake in the first place - so you're either dealing with a total dumbass, or a criminal mastermind that is staging a coup. Either way, you end up with all your doors and windows wide open, sweating your ass off under a blanket with a bat circling overhead while your husband runs around with an oven mitt and a badminton racquet screaming like a woman. My neighbor discovered that her husband has a bat phobia when one "attacked" them during dinner one night. He screamed, leapt up from the table, ran from the house, GOT IN THE CAR, and drove away. She had to call another neighbor in for help.... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

07-18-2006, 06:30 PM	#12
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	No.... but that would have been fantastic blackmail material... bummer... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-24-2006, 11:29 PM	#13
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Bats in the house can have a nasty side besides the obvious, they pee when frightened. If bad urine all over your walls and carpet isn't bad enough it effectively aerosolizes the rabies virus (if the bat is infected) and will pass it to everyone who walks into the area. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

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