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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5472 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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 Posted - Nov 16 2025 : 8:05:40 PM
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So Wildflowers I am Bored, and so I decided to have one more Critter of the Month and Give Away.
That’s right Bats. I love them too. Do any of you?
Over the next 30 days I will be posting photos of Bats and information. Maybe some things about them that you did not know. I know I learned a few things about them during my research this past week, while I sat here on my Bum, bored to tears! So, if you have information you would like to share about them please do.
Laura, for your information so you know what has been going on:-) For the past 4 months for fun I have been posting Critters of the Month and having Give Aways.
Debbie Klann won the first give away for Bees.
Chris Kenney won the Give Away for Lady Bugs. Her and her daughter Fallon had fun with it coloring me pages from the color book I sent. They are on my refrigerator for all to see.
Karen Martell won the Give Away for Crows and last but not least,
Heather Neeper won the Give Away for Tarantulas, and I believe still having fun with it;-)
All you need to do is post at least once to let me know you're interested, having fun with the thread and I will put your name in my Bat Hat.
Yep, I just may have a Bat Hat, Hee, Hee.
So let the fun begin;-)
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Wanda Sue is in My Bat Hat who will join her?
Denise
Laura
Chris
Krista
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Edited by - Blessed in Colorado on Nov 22 2025 7:09:43 PM |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
1743 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
1743 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2025 : 10:41:22 PM
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| Debbie, I don’t mind bats at all, in fact we had a fun game we played when I was a child. On summer nights my whole family would sit under the shade trees after supper and drink sweet tea and play games. We would play games like freeze tag, catch lightening bugs in jars, and “wooly bat”. Just as it was getting dusky dark, we would put a rubber ball in a tube sock, then twirl it around like a sling and toss it in the air as high as we could. While we were twirling the sock, we would all chant, “ wooly bat, wooly bat, come and get your wooly hat”. The bats flying around would dive after it and send us running, squealing and laughing. The thrill of it was exciting, but like my mama said, “I don’t think there will be any more laughing when one of those bats get caught in your hair”. Fun memories!! |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
Edited by - Wanda Sue on Nov 16 2025 11:11:32 PM |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5472 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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5472 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2025 : 10:59:16 PM
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Oh my goodness Wanda Sue I love your story and the game what fun.
Have you ever held one? I have but not too long, they are so enchanting to me;-)
Wanda Sue your name is in my Bat Hat.
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Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Edited by - Blessed in Colorado on Nov 16 2025 10:59:53 PM |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
1743 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
1743 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2025 : 11:09:26 PM
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| When playing in the woods once, we found a baby bat that had fallen out of the tree. It was pale grey with wings and slick skin, and we thought it was a strange moth. So I picked it up and carried it to the house to ask my mama what kind it was. She about had a heart attack and asked me, why would you pick up such a thing? It was only about the size of the first section of my pinky finger. She told us it was a baby bat, and that it was already dead. We thought it was just sleeping. |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5472 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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5472 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2025 : 11:47:59 PM
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Awww, were you sad when you found out it was dead? Did you bury it?
I have a small dead bat with my collection of animal skulls, claws, feathers and what ever else I find on the beach or in the woods. A lot of folks, family think I am crazy. But I am not just curious.
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Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Edited by - Blessed in Colorado on Nov 16 2025 11:48:53 PM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10731 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10731 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 03:49:12 AM
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The only time I've ever encountered a bat was when I was visiting my parents while pregnant with our second daughter. JT was on a west-pac so I took the opportunity to go home for a visit. Anyway, while there I had put Jess to bed and was getting ready myself when I heard this little noise. I looked up to see a bat hanging from the curtain rod. I couldn't carry Jess down the stairs, very pregnant, so I went down and told my mom. She went and got her and brought her down. My dad and the neighbor kid who was there got a coffee can and gloves and put the bat in it to take outside.
Later dad found there were bats in the attic of that house. Nothing he did got them out of there. But I never heard that they had anymore inside the house part. I never liked being outside at dusk when the bats were looking for their supper of bugs. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
Edited by - levisgrammy on Nov 17 2025 05:58:16 AM |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
1743 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
1743 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 05:54:27 AM
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| Debbie I think my sister and I did go bury it. Your little pumpkin bat is a cutie, but most bats are not. The only one I would worry about is the one named Barnabus, lol. |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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LauraBell
True Blue Farmgirl
357 Posts
Laura
Corpus Christi
TX
USA
357 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 06:13:02 AM
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My son built bat houses for our local fish hatchery for his Eagle Scout project. They have ponds where the fish move as they mature before being released and the mosquitos out there can be very bad for the staff working. We had a lot of fun travelling around looking at bat houses in state parks, etc. and did quite a bit of research into the benefits of bats and bat houses.
While he is very "done" with bats and Boy Scouts, I still think of bats quite fondly.
What a fun thread and I'm looking forward to catching up on the research you did for your previous critters! Thanks Debbie :) |
Laura
Happy to be Farmgirl #7286 |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
1743 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
1743 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 06:15:07 AM
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Denise, I don’t think I could have slept that night after seeing the bat!
That attic brought back another memory. As a little girl at church walking up to the third floor with some friends to go to our SS class. The whole back wall was covered with what we THOUGHT were bats, so of course we went screaming down the stairs. Turns out they were flying squirrels, and the men of the church found a hole in a closet where they got in from the attic. We had never heard of such a thing, so we assumed they had to be bats. |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10731 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10731 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 08:04:50 AM
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When I was younger and my sister was of dating age we went camping as a family. Our cousin a couple times removed had a motorcycle and wanted to take her for a ride. So after they were gone for not very long they came back to the campsite because he had a flying squirrel run into them and it bit him. I think I was only about 6 or 7 at the time but I sure do remember that. Scared me that they were out there.
Interesting tidbit I've never for gotten: Flying squirrels don't actually fly they glide when they leap from the trees and such. They have skin that attaches from foot to hand on each side. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
384 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
384 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 09:50:53 AM
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Great critter choice!
No bat stories here, but I am tempted to look up Laura's son's bat house design because nothing is working to discourage the new tropical mosquitoes we have here.
Fallon would probably love Wanda Sue's wooly bat game, even if no animals came to play.
Debbie sounds like she is ready to "bone up" on a taxidermy badge if the sisterhood ever drafts one. :) |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5472 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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5472 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 10:25:18 AM
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Love all your stories and so the fun begins.
Denise, Laura and Chris your names are in my hat.
Bats are the only mammals capable of true, sustained flight. Other mammals, like flying squirrels, can glide, but bats have evolved the structural adaptations for powered flight, allowing them to ascend, descend, and change direction at will. Their wings are formed from a membrane stretched between their elongated finger bones and bodies. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Edited by - Blessed in Colorado on Nov 17 2025 10:28:38 AM |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
241 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
241 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2025 : 1:35:19 PM
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| I have wanted my own bat house for a long time now. We have awful mosquitoes here and we could really help feed those bats, but with them now building houses in the field behind us, I fear that people will be too close for the bats to feel comfortable. My family and I love to watch the bats fly above us when we are camping. They are very neat little critters. |
Krista
Farmgirl Sister #528
Farmgirl Of The Year 2025 |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5472 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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5472 Posts |
Posted - Nov 22 2025 : 1:05:56 PM
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I have your name going into my Bat Hat Krista.
Here is a picture of my crumpled bat hat!
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Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5472 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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5472 Posts |
Posted - Nov 22 2025 : 1:06:42 PM
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Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
1920 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
1920 Posts |
Posted - Nov 22 2025 : 6:43:52 PM
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The only bat story I have is spending hours trying to take a good picture of them flying around. Very hard to do with my little camera LOL!
I've always wanted to see them hanging, but I can't ever find them. |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5472 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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5472 Posts |
Posted - Nov 22 2025 : 7:09:03 PM
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| Thank you Heather for sharing. Your name is in my hat now too Heather |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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