Hi guys..well the internet war continues..the landlines are back on..one phone though is dead..so needs replacing..hubby talked to the telco’s and they tried to explain the in’s and out’s of what is going on..i am still no clearer..so as i have been going bats over this..it struck me..bats!
Well grey-headed flying foxes to be exact.
These sweet and much maligned creatures live in a colony in Bendigo’s Centennial Park.
Before hubby and i headed to dinner in town for his birthday we went for a stroll through here..we caught them as they were just starting to stir from their sleep.
I have been meaning to get pictures of them since we moved here so long over due.
The grey -headed flying fox is listed as Vulnerable on our species list.The adults have wingspans up to one metre or 3 feet and weigh in at a kilo or 2.2lb.
Please enjoy going ‘batty’ with me ..
Just hanging out in the park..like most kids
The little wings are really hands and protect from the drizzle we had
I see a fuzzy little head
Some still asleep..too early to party
Staring to stir an evening of fruit eating awaits
Snug and safe
Like decorations on a tree they are
Centennial parks gardens near the conservatory
FOZZIE.M 
ug not a bat person, I like the last picture though, flowers are good…. 🙂
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Hahaha a lot of people aren’t..i find them intriguing..i guess Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price made them most unpopular in vampire movies 🙂 i find it hard to not be amazed by all animals..go figure..and i agree the flowers are good the gardens all fresh after a stinky summer 😉 hugs Fozziemum xxx
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guess what? my momma said she had no clue that Kiwi’s have a black skin first…. Please Santa bring glasses to that woman…. It’s great that batman and his friends have always an umbrella on board :o)
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Hahahahah 🙂 i agree a built in umbrella is a super thing to have..they started to talk to each other as they woke..pity the sky made it super hard to get good shots..but the time they are active is the time my camera skills pass out 🙂 loves Fozziemum xxx
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love these pix Bev!
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Aww thanks Sweets 🙂 i took a lot but the light was bad for it and the rain was starting.but happy with the ones i got 🙂 bless em 🙂
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OhMyGosh Bev! I LOVE bats! Would you mind if I shared a link in your comments to Little Drac the Bat?
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Pix i would be honoured 🙂 aren;t they sweet ! been meaning to get them for years..either forget my camera or too light 🙂 loves Bev xx
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I know this is going to make your heart smile Bev!
Hope it works… Little Drac!
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Thanks sweets on it..if the net behaves it’s stupid self hahha 🙂
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Erma Gerd what a sweetie! such a gorgeous video thanks sweets made my night 🙂 ❤ ❤ ❤
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Soooo cute!
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OMD they are humongous. I just read up about them on Wiki. They certainly are beautiful, but I hesitate to ask – what does the Eucalyptus flower that is part of their diet, taste like. The oil certainly smells vile. We have various kinds of bats here, but personally we are familiar with the vesper bats only (we rescued a fair number of babies from our cat). We feed them cow’s milk until the parents come back to claim them. The bigger bats love the meal worms that we feed to our birds.
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The eucy oil is foul…the flower produces nectar like other flowers..which i assume is sweet as they are happy here 🙂 eucy flowers are a stark contrast to the tree itself..no grey or green but vivid and amazing flowers…brilliant red or crimson cream and yellow.stunning..the white gums here just finished flowering and they were full of parrots and other birds 🙂 i guess we grow big stuff down under Genis hahahhah the link Miss Pix put up in her comments was super cute!! as for eucy oil..best thing for a cold..clear the nose pronto 🙂 loves Fozziemum xx
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We have those flowering gum trees here as well (imported from Oz!), but I’ve only ever seen the ones with the red flowers. The oil is well known in our household of chronic sinus sufferers.
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Hahaahaa 🙂 did you know the blue haze over our mountains is the volatile oil..the hotter and more humid the bluer they are..it is these oils in the air that cause catastrophic fires to happen when partnered with the right conditions..dr google white gums and see the pretty flowers 😉
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Very interesting. I’ll go have a look, thx.
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Enjoy 🙂 xx
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I have neve seen them hanging from trees and what a sweetie the baby in the video is.
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The video Pix linked too was super cute 🙂 and i guess unless you really look you do not see them 🙂 we can see these ones from a way off as they have a very big colony 🙂
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WE hope that your Phone and Intermutts get all fixed up SOON.
OMD OMD those fruit bats are HUGE… we had no idea they were SO big… and they have their OWN raincoats… We THANK you fur showing them to us. This stuffs just Lights our Fire… Love Nature…
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Frankie and Ernie thankyou..seems we grow big stuffs here and i think they are super 🙂 the internet is atil playing up and especially with non WP blogs..i could scream…i love nature too..it goes batty with me 🙂 loves Fozziemum xxx
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momwithoutpaws says they eat lots of mosquitos and bugs but they are creepy
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They also love the fruit and nectar from the trees…i just don’t see creepy 🙂 xx
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Whoa those are some wide wing spans. Ironically there was an article in our newspaper over the weekend about bats and setting up a bat house in your yard. Mom learned something she didn’t know. A bat has to drop a few feet to get the lift to fly. Most folks including mom thought they were swooping down at them but they aren’t …we love learning new things
Hugs madi and mom
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Well i never Madi 🙂 i never knew either..they are an incredible creature and thanks to them we have have more understanding of sonar and utrasounds….we have to have special people care for bats here due to the lassivirusand hendra..hendra has been blamed for the deaths of some horses and a vet and vet nurse 😦 but due caution with all creatures is always wise..:) loves Fozziemum xx
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How lucky you are to be able to get so close to them. Didn’t realise they hung out in broad daylight!
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They were sleeping and it was getting on dusk..the pics needed some lighting as it was pretty overcast and drab..but they were starting to wake for the evening 🙂 lucky indeed i see them hanging in the trees everytime i drive into the Bendigo but never have the time to stop 🙂 lucky indeed..i seem to get all the critters 🙂 xxx
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Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I’m surprised to see them in trees, as that is rare here, where they are not likely to roost In Caves and under bridges. And they’re so big! I’ve only seen much smaller bats, so this was wonderfully educational in several ways. Thank you!
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You are so welcome 🙂 and thankyou …we have caves where bats also live but these sweeties prefer the gorgeous park where for now they are protected..being vulnerable is one step further up the species to lose list sadly 😦
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I sometimes see a pair of bats outside when I take the dogs out for their toilet break in the evening.
Hope you are all doing ok. Sue, Polly & Honey
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Sue and Polly and Honey i bet you hear the flutter first 🙂 do the girls notice at all and get agitated ? i know hwen owls swoop at night the boys get all crazy 🙂 loves Bev xx
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OMC we looked up that virus you mentioned. That is horrible. This gal won’t be having any bat houses in her yard…never wanted one nor will I have one.
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Hahahaha yes it is a nasty one indeed..but saldy horse troughs of water under trees where they live is a big problem 😦
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They look so tiny!! How big are they FM? Fantastic pictures! We loved them. That’s probably as close as we’ll get to a bat.
Hugs,
Shoko, Kali, Jean and dad
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Well Shoko they weigh in at 2.2 lb or or 1 kilo and have wing spans of up to a metre or three feet..so a good size..these shots were taken with my brutus lens so gives you and idea 🙂 loves Fozziemum xxx
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What fantastic pictures of the bats they are some amazing little critters and interesting. I see one flying around our backyard once in awhile just after sunset. Beautiful flowers in the park. Sure hope all the internet woes get worked out sweet Bev. Hugs
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Mags thankyou..they are amazing creatures and so unique 🙂 the flowers at the park are stunning now and such a break from drab summer brown..and yes the net is still slow….hugs and loves to you Bev xxx
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Love and hugs.
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And same to you sweets ❤
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Holy cow…LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the bat photos! A guy in Colorado Springs was having computer issues recently and took his computer out to the alley and shot it 8 times. He was charged with illegal discharge of a firearm. Everyone has computer troubles; but hopefully you won’t be shooting the modem any time soon. Wouldn’t want to disturb the fauna around your homestead. ❤
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Me too super sweet critters 🙂 we saw that on the news here hahahaahah i felt his pain..and you know what? if i had one and was so inclined..one to the back of the modem hahhaha 🙂 loves Fozziemumxx
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final lee…sum thin that fliez that iz way kewl in de tabbies book….tho de food serviss gurl iz total lee freekin out rite now !! ♥♥♥ 🙂
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I do not believe it guys ..and i got it on record ! i cracked the flying thing..sort of hahahahah 🙂 poor food service gal is most likely under the couch hahahaha 🙂
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Wow! Only you can make bats look cute! LOL! That is a gorgeous place for them to hang out!
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Hhaahah M.K what a compliment 🙂 it is a lovely spot to hang out 🙂 xx
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Squeals – aren’t they just the cutest little things with their ‘jackets’. Love them! I wonder if I could hang from my hooves upside down like that? Off to try it… I’ll keep you posted – snorts. XOXO – Bacon
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Hahahaah i bet you might have a bit of trouble my friend 🙂 and yes those jackets are super cool 🙂 loves Fozziemum xxxx
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Bats kind of freak me out…and picturing ones with that big of a wing span really freaks me out! I think because when I was a child they always told us bats would fly into our hair…..They are interesting though, and I didn’t know there were species that were that big.
The garden is very pretty! xxoo
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Haahhah oh my Jan that would freak you out then..we never knew anything about bats growing up apart from Batman…so maybe why i find them intriguing 🙂 and yes they are a good size…like all our Aussie critters hahaha 🙂 loves Bev xx
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Our computer just went off line last night…twice…no reason. Just disconnected. VERY annoying!
SHE loves bats. SHE knows all about hendra and stuff….but their little faces are so cute. They tend to eat everyone’s fruit around here, so SHE can’t tell everyone they’re cute.
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Urghh it sure is guys! been offline all day doing other things it was so slow i gave up! i agree they have such cute little faces and yeah they eat the fruit but what sweet little things they are 🙂 the Hendra is also nasty but just part of the way it goes..:)
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Great photos! I love bats. You are so lucky to always find these great photo ops.
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Ellen thankyou i do too 🙂 i am always pretty happy to find something interesting 🙂 must be because i am a sticky beak 🙂 xx
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omg, I can’t stand those things but you captured them so beautifully.
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Hahahaahh 🙂 lot’s of people don;t 🙂 and thankyou xx
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Bats kinda freak mom out a little. She agrees that they are very cute in the photos and at a distance butt that is about as much as she can take – she can be weird sometimes.
Wally & Sammy
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Hahaha poor mum Wally and Sammy….i think they are super cute..but some peeps get the creeps indeed 🙂 loves Fozziemum xxx
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I am a bat person. Lovely photos of the dear guys. That video was so SWEET! 😀
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Thanks Sharon 🙂 and the video link Pix shared was gorgeous 🙂 🙂 ❤
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We love seeing Centennial parks gardens but that bat just gave us the hebejebes. Do those bats suck blood?
Thanks for stopping by yesterday and wishing me well.
Sweet William The Scot
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Hahaahh it’s ok sweetie fruit only for these darlings 🙂 and you are most welcome and on ALL fronts i hope you are feeling better..still sending our prayers your way love Fozziemum xxx ❤ ❤
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OMC They just hang there fwum one…foot or whatevew dat is. They look a little cweepy, but mommy be fwaid of bats too. She just isn’t cwazy ’bout anyfin’ dat flies. MOL Gweat fotos tho’.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Hahaaha they are fingers 🙂 their while wing is a hand 🙂 but i do think they are cute..call me weird 🙂 loves Fozziemum xx
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Is okay to be a little weird Miss Bev, there awe udders hoo fink they be cute, weez just not in dat gwoup. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Oh! Oh oh oh! I love them! Thank you so much!
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Now i thought you might 🙂 super welcome
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Oh, Fozziemum, they’re adorable…and I so want to play with them….we call them vleermuizen, that means flying mice 😉 Great pictures! Pawkisses 🙂 ❤
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How cute Little Binky..thes are a bit bigger than flying mice hahaha bit ever so sweet and i am quite in love with them now 🙂 thankyou and huge kisses Fozziemum xxx
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Bats do so much good, and get such a bad rap. Thank you for these great pictures of those little ones. 🙂
Good luck with the internet stuff. It sounds nightmarish!
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Ta da..i have some sort of net..sort of..phew..yes i agree they are super important like all creatures they play a vital role in our eco system these guys really made my day as they woke calling to each other 🙂 loves Bev xxx
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Those bats are adorable Bev…..
LOL ‘going batty’…too funny…..if only it was funny..
I hope the problems are rectified soon. It msut be highly frustrating!!!!
The gardens are lovely; time to stop & smell the flowers b4 you go totally ‘batty’ >>>ROFWL!!!!
Much love & (((HUGS))) Sherri-Ellen ❤ ❤
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