Still life except at night time

Grey Headed Flying Foxes or fruit bats about 1km over the hill from our place.

[winghong_ho]

I have seen similar bats in other country. Nice shot.

[Peter Dulis]

wow - I thought they lived mostly in caves

[Diana]

they are are very still, great find and shot.

[Islandgirl]

Wow neat find!

[Mags]

Very cool!

[John Falconer]

@pdulis
There are thousands and thousands of them in the trees in this park. These guys were in the open but mos of them lower down in amongst the leaves!

[John Falconer]

@wh2021
Thanks. This species of bat is the most common one in Australia.

[John Falconer]

@ludwigsdiana
They’re sleeping with their wings covering their heads.

[John Falconer]

@radiogirl @marlboromaam
Thanks for the much appreciated comments.

[Bucktree]

Very cool capture. Bats around here live mostly in caves.

[Krista Marson]

Such interesting creatures

[Harry J Benson]

Great choice and presentation

[Nigel Rogers]

Amazing sight, and great shot.

[Chris Cook]

Clever interpretation of the theme.

[Paula Fontanini]

What a GREAT capture but I must confess I hope I never come across any of these in a tree near me!! :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow. Fascinating looking.

[Susan Wakely]

Haw wonderful to see.

[Fisher Family]

That is quite a find. A fascinating shot!

Ian

[LManning (Laura)]

Those furry little heads though! Wonderful shot.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ha,- love your title! and love the little bundles hanging and sleeping there till late evening!

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Not something I see regularly!

[Zenobia Southcombe]

Bats! How exciting, and a fantastic capture.

[carol white]

Great find and capture.Fav😊

[Pat Knowles]

Hanging outside…..thought they always picked inside places. How fascinating to see them like that.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Agnes]

Fantastic shot

[Judith Johnson]

Fascinating, they look like little witches!

[Babs]

Hope you don't live down wind of them they can be very smelly. Whenever we go to Raymond Terrace, the trees in the park there have thousands of bats in them and the smell is awful.

[Yao RL]

How creepy as you said thousands of them.

[John Falconer]

@onewing
I live over the hill Vabs. These guys are another plant away as far as I’m concerned. 😀😀😀

[John Falconer]

@dkellogg @blueberry1222 @hjbenson @nigelrogers @cdcook48 @bluemoon @mittens @wakelys @fishers @ljmanning @beryl @theredcamera @dwindleriver @carolmw @happypat @bkbinthecity @agnesvanderlindeicloudcom @busylady @yaorenliu

Thanks for the much appreciated comments. I think I’m going to go back with a bigger camera for some closeups.

[Phil Howcroft]

they look amazing John

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of the resting grey Headed Flying Foxes.

[Renee Salamon]

Great shot - they do look like black boots though

[Steve Peyton]

Cool.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Oh my- I know how beneficial they are and I know they don't want to run into me anymore than I would want to run into them, but if I saw this in one of my trees, I'd be a little unnerved! haha Excellent catch!

[Pam]

Wow! What a sight! How awesome to see them. Great shot.

[Kathy]

Wow. Never seen bats for real.

[Valerie Chesney]

Great capture John! Pleased you are 1klm away!
We have thousands living in the trees at one of the lakes here.

[*lynn]

My goodness, what an amazing sight and capture!

[Rick]

Great find and capture.

[eDorre]

What a neat shot!

[Boxplayer]

Wonderful capture.

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, great shot!

[haskar]

Nice find. Great b&w capture.

[Diane Marie]

Gives me the creeps. I used to get bats in my house. YIkes!

[John Falconer]

@phil_howcroft @pyrrhula @rensala @asspadtycoon @olivetreeann @pamalama @randystreat @happysnaps @lynnz @rickster549 @edorreandresen @boxplayer @jamibann @haskar
Belated thanks for the much appreciated comments.

[John Falconer]

@diane5812
In the house!!!