Living in Sydney’s leafy North Shore suburb of Gordon 40 years ago, I used
to enjoy sprawling in a deckchair on summer evenings, watching thousands of
giant flying foxes flying low overhead. They were probably returning to their
home in the city’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
Those flying foxes are the world’s largest bats, with wingspans about 1.5
metres (six feet) across. Known as grey-headed flying foxes, they are found only
in Australia, mostly in rain forests from Ingham in Queensland to Adelaide in
South Australia.
Many of those fascinating creatures that I watched had youngsters almost as
large as their mothers clinging to them.
Writing of the Botanic Gardens reminds me that a few years ago the Gardens
management had to scare them away from the area, as the bats had formed such a
large colony that they were killing the trees they were clinging to.
A colony of flying foxes residing on the Macintyre River, behind the sporting complex at Inverell was the cause of this outage as well as a number of others in the area over recent weeks. The good news is the flying foxes eventually move on
A colony of flying foxes residing on the Macintyre River, behind the sporting complex at Inverell was the cause of this outage as well as a number of others in the area over recent weeks. The good news is the flying foxes eventually move on
For details, see the Botanic Gardens report: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/welcome/royal_botanic_garden/gardens_and_domain/wildlife/flying-foxes/flying-fox_relocation
Flying Foxes Need Friends:
http://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2013/03/08/the-flying-fox-needs-friends/
Flying Foxes Need Friends:
http://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2013/03/08/the-flying-fox-needs-friends/
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