[TN-Bird] Coopers Hawk and bat
- From: Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx
- To: TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 19:09:07 EST
There is one good reason that bats do not usually fly in broad daylight-
adult Coopers Hawks.
This afternoon while I was doing yard work a medium size reddish bat
fluttered out of my open garage door. With temps. almost to 70 degrees F
today I was not too surprised. 'Had my binocs handy so I observed it as it
preened from a hanging "perch" a few feet away ( Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus
borealis ? ). It soon flew off in it's zig-zag flight looking for lunch I
suppose, it was a sunny 2PM. From out of nowhere a Coopers Hawk appears, and
after a short chase and with seemingly little effort, catches it and carries
it off to a near by limb. Bat for lunch.
Confucius may have had a saying going something like " a hungry but patient
bat may live to be an old bat"....
Richard Connors
Nashville
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