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Let's Get Batty
Fires when bat night-hike subject is genuinely hard to frame without specialized gear
Photograph of Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, the venue — not of this event. Calmuziclover · CC BY 2.0
September, peaking September. The notch is October.
Next: Saturday, September 26 — 0 days away, keyed to the published start time
This week: watch — bat night-hike subject is genuinely hard to frame without specialized gear
- Where
- Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
- Drive
- no fixed place — it happens where the conditions are
- In season
- September
- Peak
- September
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- check — most Florida county and state parks require a permit to launch
- Glass
- 24–400mm at f/4 or faster, high ISO, slow shutter, flash for subject fill if permitted, on a tripod
From the field
St Petersburg Parks & Recreation · Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. Join us for a night hike and explore the fascinating world of Florida’s native bat species. Discover the important role these flyers play in our ecosystem, learn how to spot them in the wild, and listen for their echolo…