Tonight about 10 there was only one floodlight still on at the playing fields, in the carpark outside the box cafe near the tennis courts, so I parked under it. There were bugs, sure enough, & shortly several creatures about swallow-size began shooting through, tangentially to the light-source. Though too fast to get the bins on, the creatures flew through the light-glow with a very rapid fluttering motion. They were ventrally pale, & silent. Tail shape/length were not visible. There were at least 4 (max seen at any one time). ? Judith (This note’s from the mobile.)
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It is a capital offence in France to sell dodgy cheese. Their favourite seemed to be a nicely aged Cantal, the more cheese mites the better.
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I expect it was a decent cheese! Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 043 8650 835 PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Founding Member: Ecotourism Australia Nominated by Earthfoot for Condé Nast’s International Ecotourism Award, 2004. With every introduction of a plant or animal that goes feral this continent becomes a little less unique, a little less Australian. On 16 May 2015, at 12:48 pm, Carl Clifford < carlsclifford@gmail.com> wrote:
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While living in France for a while, we used to have aperitifs on a park bench at the end of our cul de sac. The seat was under a street light, and regularly attracted bats during the summer. It was quite entertaining to watch them zip through the light after insects. They weren’t averse to small pieces of cheese thrown into the air under the light. Our neighbours thought we were a bit crazy. Astute judges of character, the French. Carl Clifford
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Hi Judith, They are most likely to be microbats. Many species from my experiences footage around street lighting. They are great little creatures
Yours in all things “green” John Harris BASc, GDipEd Director – Wildlife Experiences P/L Principal Zoologist/Ecologist Nature Photographer Wildlife Guide Croydon, Vic 0409 090 955 President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria http://www.fncv.org.au —– Reply message —– Tonight about 10 there was only one floodlight still on at the playing fields, in the carpark outside the box cafe near the tennis courts, so I parked under it. There were bugs, sure enough, & shortly several creatures about swallow-size began shooting through, tangentially to the light-source. Though too fast to get the bins on, the creatures flew through the light-glow with a very rapid fluttering motion. They were ventrally pale, & silent. Tail shape/length were not visible. There were at least 4 (max seen at any one time). ? Judith (This note’s from the mobile.)
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