Tucson Wild Life Blog   Oh, Bats!!   8/13/13

 

 

This is from our good neighbors across HoneyBee Canyon:

“Hi Peej, Jill discovered this little critter last night in our yard. The light shining on him and his handiwork made it beautiful. It was shimmering in the very light breeze.

 

Best, Rodney”

 

                                        

Speaking of spiders…there was a black widow in our mailbox yesterday.  By today it had webbed all over inside and had already captured another small spider. The black widow webs are white and spun in a "crazy fashion" I was told.   I had to clear it all out (with my pink Japanese fly swatter from Catherine…it has it’s own little fly dustpan attached.  Very cute!) so we could get mail, and so as not to bite our mailperson!

The other recent wildlife around here are BATS. Of course they usually are seen flying around at night.  We see them under the streetlights, but since there are no street lights in our neighborhoods, we don’t see them much at our home. However, last night at sunset there were 3 of them --bigger ones with a unique call flying over us. They looked like birds.  One of them took a flyover and quick drink from our pool.  As I readied my camera they all flew off. Our other good friends, Jon and Catherine, had small bats drinking from their hummingbird feeder and had to bring it in at night or it would be emptied.
Last month however, there were thousands of  small ones that flew out from under a Tucson bridge, covering the sky.  The story was on our news.   

Bat Bridge Discovery

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Every Thursday evening at dusk, in June, July, and August, docents from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are stationed at two "Bat Bridges" in town: River/Campbell and at Pantano River Park (located at Pantano/22nd). Every night at this time of year, huge clouds of Mexican free-tailed bats swirl out from under Tucson bridges at sunset and fly into the twilight sky. The bats start flying at sunset (about 7:30 p.m.) and usually fly north. This is a great opportunity for the entire family to enjoy beautiful sunsets and appreciate firsthand this awesome spectacle. Docents will have bat detectors and hands-on materials and will be available to answer questions. We recommend arriving 40 minutes prior to dusk.

KVOA.com