October 1, 2017
Last night I did more bat photography. I'm getting the hang of taking flight shots, the bats come into the feeder than always drop off and then fly off lower than the feeder. All I need is some luck to have them in the plane of focus when I shoot, since I have to prefocus on a point and then hope that is where they are when I trip the shutter. I have to delete a lot of photos. I had a Hognose Skunk stroll by while shooting, I would like to get a photo of that tonight.
Mexican Long-tongued Bat, spraying sugar water from its tongue.
This would have been perfect except the bat is just a bit out of the plane of focus. It doesn't look too bad at this resolution but it could have been a lot better if the bat was where the sugar water drop is. Notice the shape of the skin between the hind legs, the uropatagium, it is useful for identifying bats. This is the Mexican Long-tongued Bat, although the coloration looks more like the Lesser Long-nosed Bat.
The uropatagium of a Lesser Long-nosed Bat for comparison.
Mid-air collision! Competition for nectar is fierce.
Mexican Long-tongued Bat
Mexican Long-tongued Bat
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