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Big Brown Bat
© Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 17865393 - Big Brown Bat; Walton County, Georgia. January 9, 2018.

Working with animal control gives me front row seats to some great critter encounters. On January 8, a resident of Davis Street in Monroe, Georgia called 911 when she found a bat in her bathroom sink. Upon arrival, the officer found the bat just where the caller said. It apparently couldn’t fly and was unsuccessfully trying to climb up the porcelain walls to freedom. Knowing I love this kind of stuff, the officer brought the bat back to the office.

The following day I took this Brown Bat out for a photo shoot. He was quite alert and spunky, constantly baring his teeth and making those high-pitched squeaks typical of bats. He didn’t appear ill, but didn’t try to fly off. Using the 40 MM macro lens, some very sharp teeth were revealed in the photos.

Big Brown Bat
© Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 17865393 - Big Brown Bat; Walton County, Georgia. January 9, 2018.

Publicado el 08 de febrero de 2022 a las 07:08 PM por williamwisephoto williamwisephoto

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Qué

Murciélago Moreno Norteamericano (Eptesicus fuscus)

Fecha

Enero 9, 2018 a las 11:30 PM EST

Descripción

Walton County, Georgia. Working with animal control gives me front row seats to some great critter encounters. On January 8, a resident of Davis Street in Monroe, Georgia called 911 when she found a bat in her bathroom sink. Upon arrival, the officer found the bat just where the caller said. It apparently couldn’t fly and was unsuccessfully trying to climb up the porcelain walls to freedom. Knowing I love this kind of stuff, the officer brought the bat back to the office.

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