Tag: bats

  • June 2, 2011

    June 2, 2011

    A few nights ago, I was standing underneath the skylight and happened to look up in time to see hundreds of bats flying above me. A colony, a cloud. That’s what a group of bats is called. But I thought of other words that I like better: a vamp of bats, a sonar of bats,…

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  • April 14, 2011

    April 14, 2011

    Last night I sat outside and watched an eight-year old shoot baskets. “Look at this one,” he kept saying, “look at this one.” Dusk descended. The bats came out and flew above us. A dog barked. From the house next door came the sound of someone putting away the dishes: little, musical muted crashes. It…

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