Mastodawn

This silly little cutie wishes you all a lip-smacking #Baturday. 🤪

Luna says Happy #Baturday.

Also, she heard that you said you love her and she says “mutual I’m sure” as if she were a background dancer in the White Christmas movie.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry

Lisa 🦔Mar 1

I was swarmed by mosquitoes last night while releasing a bunch of my longer-term bat rehabs.

All I could think as the batties lifted off of my hand and into the sky was… “yes YES… FLY my pretties!” and cackling internally.

Anyway, I’m:

—thrilled these batties are out in the world and flying the evening skies again.

—worried about them finding their way in the world.

—pleased to have the space again to take in more new cases.

—sad to not see some of their faces every day.

—comforted by the goofy little batties that are still in residence.

—trying to ignore the mosquito bite in the middle of my forehead.

Last night’s release count:
6 Mexican Free-tailed bats
(Tadarida brasiliensis)

2 Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius)

🖤🦇🖤
#BatsInMyBelfry #BatsInBlankets

Lisa 🦔Feb 28

Happy #Baturday, Fedi. 🖤 In these strange times… take a moment to bask in this floof. He’s the bat I rescued earlier this week that was saturated in some kind of mechanical oil and exposed two nights of freezing temperatures.

Nobody thought he would make it through the day. I won’t even post the “before” pictures because it was so very tragic. But here he is, four days later, enjoying a snack while modelling for #BatsInBlankets.

I call him Tiny Turner. And I tell him he’s “Simply the Bats”.

He’s not quite ready for release yet, but tonight some of my longest rehabs will finally be set free around sunset. Big feelings! 🖤🦇#BatsInMyBelfry

Lisa 🦔Feb 21

Happy #Baturday! Did you know that bats can blep?

No thoughts, only blep.

This geriatric southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) has spent most of the winter recovering from a wing injury, and will likely be released early next week! #BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry

Lisa 🦔Feb 18

Today’s #BatsInBlankets cutie is this Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis) who passed his flight testing last night with flying colours. He will officially join the group that’s being released in the coming days! #BatsInMyBelfry