Then, after the jolt of caffeine settled, I got up my courage to venture out once again. This time I was really brave, and got up close to get some disgustingly good shots. I am sharing them especially for my four grandsons, whom I know will think I am the really cool and brave CaliforniaGrammy!
This little guy was trying to be a free-loader . . . and look what it got him! You see, the black and white cylinder is sticky like fly paper that traps bugs, and the machine itself attracts all kinds of bugs and sucks them into a tray, which we have to empty periodically.
I really felt kinda sad, he's a bit cute in a weird sort of way. And bats truly are our friends, they get thousands of mosquitoes for us every night. This fella just didn't want to work for them.Life is good!
5 comments:
Bats do weird things sometimes. Icky!
That is a bummer! We have thought of building bat houses in the woods to encourage those weird things to fly around here. I love that they eat mosquitos. Good job, brave Grammy!
Shuddddeeeerrrrinnng... I don't do bats! I can do tarantulas, banana slugs and other weird creatures. But not bats! There is something about a rodent that flies.. can't see very well and has leather skeletol wings! They come and swoop in the pool whenever we are swimming and I shriek every time! The boys did like the picture though. How did it die?? Does it shock them? Or did it just starve?
yuck..........
laura
Awwww, the poor little guy. I have an incredibly soft spot for bats. They do such good work around our farm. I think they are really a terribly misunderstood critter. With their sonar, it's unusual for them to get caught in things - I wonder what happened here.
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