i worked along the Lake Michigan lakefront. Every year about this time, large flocks of migrating bats could be seen clinging to the sides of our buildings, sleeping during the day.
One of the perks of the job was seeing all the migrating birds and bats passing along the lakefront in the fall and spring.
Almost 60 years ago, our elderly neighbor across the street called my dad and shrieked there was a bat in her house. Dad went over and chased the critter out of the house with a tennis racket Mrs. Balthaser pulled from her umbrella stand. I would had loved to see that, but the resulting reenactment in our kitchen was memorable!
Bats live in the palm tree outside my house. My next-door neighbor is terrified of them, but I like the fact that they spend all night eating mosquitoes and other flying insects.
I’ve remembered this column—a meditation on masculinity and responsibility—since I first read it when it was first published: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/05/29/it-takes-a-real-man-to-admit-hes-unmanly/db3a6354-c662-4c73-887e-9b87ad38a4b3/
My family lived in Ohio when I was growing up and we lived close to the American Legion Hall. We were thrilled to see the bats, dozens of them, flying round and round in big circles above the flat roof of the building, feasting on the moths drawn to the light posts around it.
Aladar30 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Bats scare me. A lot. They look at you.
stillfickled Premium Member over 2 years ago
Bats do not have cute faces!
moonfrogger over 2 years ago
I bet she wouldn’t order the kulgogi either.
Ida No over 2 years ago
Bats are amazing creatures. The Austin, TX, river bridge was a great place to watch them.
LOLBeth over 2 years ago
Bats have the CUTEST faces.
gigagrouch over 2 years ago
i worked along the Lake Michigan lakefront. Every year about this time, large flocks of migrating bats could be seen clinging to the sides of our buildings, sleeping during the day.
One of the perks of the job was seeing all the migrating birds and bats passing along the lakefront in the fall and spring.
celeconecca over 2 years ago
Almost 60 years ago, our elderly neighbor across the street called my dad and shrieked there was a bat in her house. Dad went over and chased the critter out of the house with a tennis racket Mrs. Balthaser pulled from her umbrella stand. I would had loved to see that, but the resulting reenactment in our kitchen was memorable!
donwestonmysteries over 2 years ago
Bats are like spiders on the floor. You never know which way they will go.
morningglory73 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Good for you Carol. I like bats too.
willie_mctell over 2 years ago
Bats are absolutely wonderful. Extra credit for mentioning the cute faces.
GaryCooper over 2 years ago
Bats live in the palm tree outside my house. My next-door neighbor is terrified of them, but I like the fact that they spend all night eating mosquitoes and other flying insects.
elizabethvshaffer over 2 years ago
Bats are adorable! I wish I had fruit bats where I live, but I always say hi to the little bats that chitter around my yard.
cherns Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’ve remembered this column—a meditation on masculinity and responsibility—since I first read it when it was first published: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/05/29/it-takes-a-real-man-to-admit-hes-unmanly/db3a6354-c662-4c73-887e-9b87ad38a4b3/
zoigal over 2 years ago
When my Aunt lived in a high rise in Baltimore, she was delighted by bats hanging out side her window!
Gordette over 2 years ago
My family lived in Ohio when I was growing up and we lived close to the American Legion Hall. We were thrilled to see the bats, dozens of them, flying round and round in big circles above the flat roof of the building, feasting on the moths drawn to the light posts around it.
Màiri over 2 years ago
I just wish that fewer species were rabies vectors :-(