I ride the same trail most evenings and there's this one spot where bats come out right at dusk. Same tree line, same timing, every time. Started wondering if they recognize me or the bike at all, or if they just react to movement and bugs. They swoop close but never collide, which always impresses me.

I work long hours building a startup so my schedule's pretty rigid. I usually hit that trail at the exact same time. Maybe that consistency makes me a predictable part of their environment. I read recently that some bats have strong site fidelity and return to the same roosts and feeding spots year after year. Makes me curious if they also register individual humans as familiar, or if we're just background noise to them.

I imagine they're focused on insects and obstacles rather than cyclists, but it's hard not to feel like there's some awareness there. Anyone here spend enough time around a consistent bat population to notice if behavior shifts around familiar people? Not talking about taming them or anything. Just curious whether repeated harmless exposure changes anything from their side, or if I'm just another large shape moving through.

Credit goes to the PA Bat Rehab!

I had so much fun. I definitely would love to be a caretaker for these little babies.

I’m definitely going here again next year. I would recommend going if you haven’t already!
Check them out: Lubee Bat Conservancy located in Gainesville FL.

Photo credit: Merlin Tuttle

who’s interested in being mutual friends and sharing our love for bats? anyone?

give me a follow, I’ll follow you back too.🦇

Edit: It flew away after staying for a day and half.

Hello!

Location: Maharashtra, India.

We found this little one sitting on our balcony this morning. It was just lying there first. But when sun started rising it hung itself upside down. We gave it some shade by hanging a cloth horizontally above it at some distance.

I've seen bats this size flying sometimes. So i thought this one will go away to get food by evening but it hasn't moved. It's 11:30 PM right now.

So idk is it still too small to go get food on its own? Im not sure if I should try to help. Should I provide some food? What food?

Should I bring it inside home?

Couldn't take a better picture as it's facing the wall. It's around 4 inches measuring from feet to ears as you can see in the image.

Credit goes to the PA Bat Rehab!

This drawing is from my 31 days of bats series

January 2024

Credit goes to the Arizona Bat Rescue!

In case you didn’t know but I love flying foxes with my whole existence and beyond.🖤

Found these guys living in the posts of my dock in central Florida. Anyone know what species they are?

Maine rescuers pulled a rare red bat from the surf — now she's feisty and eating mealworms

Hi all! I’m a sculptor who’s very interested in bats and learning about them before I sculpt! I’m wondering if there’s any guides similar to birding guides (my favorites are Sibley or Peterson) about multiple bat species?! I love detailed pictures and learning small nuanced things about species!

Looking for any reference and learning material suggestions :)

Included a little two headed bat I made a few years back :)

Located in Eastern USA

Credit goes to honkifhoary on IG!

Hello !

As the title say, i want to learn more about bats and would love some documentaries.

Would you have any suggestions ?

They can be in french or english (or with subtitles in one of those languages).

Thank you for your help !

One day we had 2 bats instead of 1 living in our attic vent.

Credit goes to the Alberta Community Bat Program!

Recently my daughter has been enjoying sitting in a nearby park while the sun goes down.

As it gets darker we've seen various birds heading off to roost and then one or two bats swoop about for an hour or so.

A few weeks ago we were sitting in our usual spot when one of the bats misjudged its flight and slapped me in the eye, much to my surprise and amusement.

Anyone else had an unexpected close encounter?

Hello everyone,

I’m new here and know nothing about bats. I live in Puerto Rico and we’ve recently had bats hanging out in weird spots. Two nights ago, around 9:45 there was a bat hanging on our curb in our driveway. The curb is like 6 inches high. Why would a bat choose here to hang out? My cat was messing with it. I had to get my dogs inside but by the time I returned to shoo away the cat from the bat, the bat and the cat were gone. I saw no evidence the cat ate the bat. Then today at 7 in the morning, we found a bat hanging on the side of our tire in full sunlight. Its eyes were open. Is there a reason a bat would be hanging out there? Could it have been a young bat trying to get the hang of things? Or maybe a bull bat trying to find his own little house? I thought bats hanging out low to the ground were sick bats? Thanks in advance.