Bat Showing Character

I learned one lesson from the photo shoot with Bat the second. Crank the shutter speed. That was the only reasonable thinking I did for the whole shoot. I was to hurried and too worried about hurting the little fellow. Would have liked to get some better compositions but the only way that was going to happen would have been to slow down.

Bat with no eyes

We kept him posing for about five minutes. He managed to fly off with no problems, so we didn’t injure his wing as we had feared.

Bat spreading Gossip

I tried 1/640 for more than half the shots. The rest were taken aperture priority and were around 1/125 second. The high shutter speed did give a better keeper ratio but still not very good. I think we probably need 1/2000, that little bugger was fast.

Bring it on Bat

Bat Photo Shoot

While we were separating the bat from the net he couldn’t keep quiet, but kept squealing and chirping and biting.

Cheeky Little Bugger

Outside, on his photo shoot, Mr. Bat stopped with the noise and biting and instead made nasty faces full of teeth as he tried to wriggle free.

In Character

Bat the Third

This morning Jess noticed a bat in the house. Not a big deal, this is now the third bat found in the house during our tenure. From last bat experience we knew enough to don heavy duty work gloves as these bats have teeth and like to use them.

Very difficult to get a decent photo. He just wouldn’t stop moving a mile a minute.

The Bat

He had perched in a difficult position for capture, but not an impossible one. Tools required ladder and converted fishing net along with gloves for safety.

The Capture

Of course his wing had to get all tangled up in the net. Had to cut the net to get him out, poor net.

The Release