Bats

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited February 4, 2007 in Wildlife
On my way home from work today I thought I would drive through Scenic Route around the Eastern Gardens in Geelong.

There are thousands of Bats that moved in a few years ago, and thought I'd give my 400m a try out withe a 1.4 Ext attached.

Dang things were on the branches in the tallest trees closest to the sky :rolleyes

Enjoy....... Skippy
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  • aiofaiof Registered Users Posts: 62 Big grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    Dear Skippy

    I like your shoot, I wish if you moved to a side so you can get out of some branches, nice shooooot

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    Good shot skip...they are hard to shoot. Every time i try they just move to the next tree & they know im knee deep in mud & not really mobile.
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    aiof wrote:
    Dear Skippy

    I like your shoot, I wish if you moved to a side so you can get out of some branches, nice shooooot

    Trust me Aiof if I could have found a clear spot I would have, those trees actually touch they are so close together, and those Bats are up as high as they can get in the tree........ most people just think they are Pine Cones but in fact they are quite large these bats.

    I'll have another go at shooting them, but they continue to sit in the same trees, almost impossible to get a clear shot of them.

    Thanks for looking....... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    gus wrote:
    Good shot skip...they are hard to shoot. Every time i try they just move to the next tree & they know im knee deep in mud & not really mobile.

    These ones are up so high gus as you can see by my shot, I used the 400 with a 1.4 Ext attached and still thats all I got in my shot.

    Now if the little buggars would just hang on to the branches lower in the tree I'd be laughin rolleyes1.gif ... Thanks for looking .... Skippy
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    These ones are up so high gus as you can see by my shot, I used the 400 with a 1.4 Ext attached and still thats all I got in my shot.

    Now if the little buggars would just hang on to the branches lower in the tree I'd be laughin rolleyes1.gif ... Thanks for looking .... Skippy
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    Im in the mangroves so not as high as the pines.
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    gus wrote:
    Im in the mangroves so not as high as the pines.

    They do have cute faces, and you captured just what I was hoping to catch, but these guys are up way too high.
    Great shot Gus clap.gif ... Skippy
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    Good job Skippy
    Handholding a 400 with a tc? wow, you did great! Must not have had any coffee rolleyes1.gifThose bats are interesting. Sounds like you have many of them there. Nice pic.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    Swartzy wrote:
    Handholding a 400 with a tc? wow, you did great! Must not have had any coffee rolleyes1.gifThose bats are interesting. Sounds like you have many of them there. Nice pic.

    Hi ya Swartzy, yeah they have tried and tried to get them out of the Botanical Gardens, but short of killing them, they will not be moved.

    There are hundreds and hundreds of them, gosh they make a racket with their screaming ...... just wish the trees were not so high, it would make it easier to get a better shot of them :D thanks for looking.
    .... Skippy
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  • Frog LadyFrog Lady Registered Users Posts: 1,091 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    wow - how big are those buggers? They look cool.

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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2007
    Those are cool shots! But, ewwww! Bats drive me batty!!
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