You may have read
news articles about
bats taking over towns in Queensland...
There are certainly a lot in Atherton too!
Several times last year while visiting people there you would see groups of maybe a hundred or so flying past in the early evening. But last night when I drove up for music practise there were so many it was impossible to guess how many. I wouldn't be surprised if it was over 100,000.
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A small part of the bat swarm |
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Close up so you can see they are bats, not birds! |
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Dead bat at Ingham |
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