Dear, dear friends had a another logo designed for the Austin Bat Hospital. The art work is by David Chapman, an incredible artist in San Antonio, Texas. I love it. It is so cute!
Well, it is a cold night tonight, in the 30s, much too cold for me! All the cats, and dogs, and bats are cuddled up on their cozy heating pads. Everybody has one except for me! If you have an old heating pad you don't use, send it to me at: 7601 Dee Gabrial Collins Rd, Austin, Texas, 78744. I promise I'll make good use of it!
The cold weather brought me a hoary bat and a red bat. They were icy cold, poor things, and hanging on the side of buildings. They are both warm and happy now, and soooo beautiful! As soon as I figure out how to use my new camera flash, I'll get some photos of them.
Burrr! It's only 23 degrees F in Austin, Texas today! Everything is ice covered and my water pipes are frozen. The little bats are all cuddled up on their heating pads. The electricity went out during the night but came back on again, thank goodness, or it would really have gotten cold in the bat barn. It will be cold today and tomorrow, but warmer again on Saturday. So I could be without water for another day. I am expecting to get in a lot of cold little bats from outside. Although the majority of Mexican free-tailed bats have left the area, many remain in Austin year round. They can tolerate brief bouts of cold weather, but there are always some in need of a little food and a nice warm roost until the cold passes. The Austin Bat Hospital is happy to give them the temporary shelter they need.
I'm so excited! A kind donor sent me the MR-14EX flash that fits on my camera with the macro lens that was also donated to me a year or so ago. I can't wait to try it out. I'm just waiting to get the instruction booklet so I can figure out how to use it. I'll be adding new photos to my photo gallery soon! I'm also excited to say that the article I wrote with Professor John Whitaker from Indiana about how red bat orphans learn to feed on flying insects without the help of a mother, is being published in this month's issue of Acta Chiropterologica, an international bat journal.
