Grey Headed Flying Fox

[kathiemt]

Also known as Fruit Bats, these are large, with a huge wing span. Kind of cute. There is a colony in a wetlands about 20 mins from where I live in Victoria, Australia.

In the first pic, a mother tends to a juvenile in a tender moment. All images taken with Nikon D7100.

It is estimated there are up to 20,000 of these animals in the wetlands area that stretches quite around 3km.

 

[MitchP2]

Nice shots and very cools animals! My GF's daughter goes to Australia every year to rescue orphaned baby Fruit Bats.

 

[kathiemt]

Nice shots and very cools animals! My GF's daughter goes to Australia every year to rescue orphaned baby Fruit Bats.

Really? Where does she travel from? Does she join a group here in Australia to do that?

 

[Jeff1580 80]

Very good shooting.....

 

[MitchP2]

Really? Where does she travel from? Does she join a group here in Australia to do that?

It's with a group, I think near Brisbane. I could be wrong about the city. It's a pretty well known rescue group, I'll ask her next time I see her.

She travels from the San Francisco Bay Area here in the USA.

 

[kathiemt]

Very good shooting.....

Thank you.

 

[Jeff1580 80]

Last time I was in Oz a fruit bat **** on my arm as I was walking down the street......

 

[kathiemt]

Last time I was in Oz a fruit bat **** on my arm as I was walking down the street......

lol - in a street? Was it flying overhead? They're usually only out and about at night.

 

[NS: Nikon Shooter]

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Aaaah… very cute things they are!

I see artefacts from your chosen sharpening method.

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice set, I love fruit bats.

 

[PJM]

Nice set. #1 is a terrific capture of that moment I think.

 

[jeffashman40 3]

Very nice set! I really like #2, but they are all good. Something we don't see very often.

 

[Jeff1580 80]

The bat was hanging in a large tree at the side of the road....

 

[slat]

Nice set.