Bontoc caves, Leyte

[Ian]

Limestone caves in hills above Hindang on the coast of Leyte island, The Philippines (can you spot the bats?):









Ian

[Pol]

Re: Bontoc caves, Leyte

I certainly see at least one bat in the first one. Super shot and the bat makes it extra special because it's so clear, so easily seen complete with its open wings. Fantastic!

Are they drawing on the walls in the seocnd one - or are they more bats with their shadows showing?

All good shots - ie all your Philippine trip pics in all these latest threads.


Pol

[Ian]

Re: Bontoc caves, Leyte

I certainly see at least one bat in the first one. Super shot and the bat makes it extra special because it's so clear, so easily seen complete with its open wings. Fantastic!

Are they drawing on the walls in the seocnd one - or are they more bats with their shadows showing?

All good shots - ie all your Philippine trip pics in all these latest threads.


Pol

Well spotted in the second shot - they are bats in flight too, with their shadows on the wall behind cast by the on-camera flash.

I could see and hear bats flying around but I didn't see any on the screen on the camera at the time, so these are a pleasant surprise! I think the there are several types of bat as the bigger one seems lighter in colour than the others, which are practically black and smaller too.

Ian

[Pol]

Re: Bontoc caves, Leyte

Well spotted in the second shot - they are bats in flight too, with their shadows on the wall behind cast by the on-camera flash.

I could see and hear bats flying around but I didn't see any on the screen on the camera at the time, so these are a pleasant surprise! I think the there are several types of bat as the bigger one seems lighter in colour than the others, which are practically black and smaller too.

Ian

I'm pretty certain you're right about there being several species of Bats though I'd have to look it up.

We have them flitting back and forth in the line of Oaks behind the house.

I've never tried getting any photos of them. Too dark outside and they're also too fast.

Pol

[Pol]

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I'm pretty certain you're right about there being several species of Bats though I'd have to look it up.

Pol

Here y'go. It just so happens that the year of the Bats was launched in Prague on Sept 22nd. Lots of different Bats both here and worldwide.

More details ofrom the Bat Conservation Trust HERE

Pol

[Jocelyn Walker]

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When I lived in Durban there were a couple of different bats! The small ones as well as very large Fruit bats! The fruit bats loved the banana trees in our garden & feasted well! Here in Melbourne there are huge bats....which they call Flying Foxes! I watch them almost every morning (about 5.30 am) flying to some destination west of us! There are literally 100's...like flocks of birds! We have a few resident ones that make an awful din chiding (screeching) each other as they take off or land on branches of roosting tree!

[Ian]

Re: Bontoc caves, Leyte

When I lived in Durban there were a couple of different bats! The small ones as well as very large Fruit bats! The fruit bats loved the banana trees in our garden & feasted well! Here in Melbourne there are huge bats....which they call Flying Foxes! I watch them almost every morning (about 5.30 am) flying to some destination west of us! There are literally 100's...like flocks of birds! We have a few resident ones that make an awful din chiding (screeching) each other as they take off or land on branches of roosting tree!

I thought flying foxes and fruit bats were the same thing? These were common when I was living in Jakarta back in 1971, especially when we visited Bali.

Ian

[ash]

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Love the last one with the gorgeous lady looking up!

[Julia]

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Love the last one with the gorgeous lady looking up!

Why - thank you, Ash. Lovely to still get compliments :-)

[Ian]

Re: Bontoc caves, Leyte

Why - thank you, Ash. Lovely to still get compliments :-)

Hey, I give you compliments all the time!

Ian

[Shenstone]

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Hey, I give you compliments all the time!

Ian

Clearly not enough... that may cost chocolate!

Nice pictures though - I especially like the 1st I know how hard it is to get good in-flight pictures of bats

Regards
Andy