I have to pull my hummingbird feeders inside the house every evening at dusk, or else these little fellows go to work on it. It takes the hummingbirds two or three days to empty this feeder; the bats can do it in two or three minutes.

The amazing thing is, they do it on the fly. The perches are too small for them, so they fly past, dipping their tongues into the feed holes, which are perhaps three millimeters in diameter, as they go by. About the time it starts getting really dark there is a feeding frenzy of bats. Really fascinating to watch.

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It's pretty amazing they can do that but bats eeewwwww.

Never go near the Congress street bridge in Austin...


(Forgot about the bats for the things to do in Austin thread.)

Aaaauuu- die su"sse kleine Flederma"use! So niedlich!

Dang, I'd say just stock up on sugar water and keep the camera batteries charged.

Why the bat hate? I love bats! If you've ever lived in a muggy area full of mosquitoes, you love bats (or you should).

Plus, just look at these guys...

Not bat hate! Bat LOVE! Keep giving sugar water and take picture Mister Doug! Stay up all night refilling sugar water!