Comments on: Owls Are Not Wise https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/13/owls-r-not-wise/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 04:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/13/owls-r-not-wise/#comment-553242 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:57:13 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=27830#comment-553242 In reply to SteveP.

As I remember watching bats stream from our barns on the farm where I grew up “cloud of bats” is amazingly descriptive.

]]> By: SteveP https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/13/owls-r-not-wise/#comment-553229 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:44:52 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=27830#comment-553229 COLLECTIVE NOUNS FOR BATS FROM FACTS.CO
colony- A colony of bats
(‘colony’ refers to a large group of bats roosting together)
cloud- A cloud of bats
(‘cloud’ refers to a large group of bats flying together)
cauldron-A cauldron of bats
hanger-A hanger of bats
(‘hanger’ refers to a large group of bats roosting in a cave)

]]> By: Obstreperous Applesauce https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/13/owls-r-not-wise/#comment-553150 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:02:01 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=27830#comment-553150 You may not see them, but owls sure have ways of letting you know who whose territory you’re squatting on. They hoot down your chimney in the middle of the night, whitewash your sidewalk, and leave decapitated bunnies in your bushes.

Bats too, always zooming around the street lights.

Although now that I think about it, maybe it’s just my Republican neighbors…

]]> By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/13/owls-r-not-wise/#comment-553146 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:34:51 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=27830#comment-553146 Owls may not be wise, but they are cool. I’ve seen two recently in one of my favorite “hiking woods”.

Not so many bats in near my house, but our local nature center has a good healthy group (flock? settling? what is the name for a large number of bats in one location?) in two of its barns.

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