Bats live in the chimney behind Community High School in the Kerrytown neighborhood. [video]
Skies Above Kerrytown
» Want more items like this one? Visit the Stopped. Watched. page.
Archived by the Ann Arbor District Library
That’s quite a colony of bats! Very cool. Bet they freak people out, though.
Are these really bats? There are no close-ups in the video, but based on behavior, I would say these are chimney swifts (birds).
Definitely bats Dan. They only come out to feed at sunset. I’m pretty familiar with swallows (used to live in a marina and also on a farm). These are bats, unless Chimney Swifts squeak and fly erratically and only come out at night.
Check em out at sunset (8:15-8:35 or so behind Community). If you bring some binoculors and can clearly see they are swifts, I stand corrected ;-)
They are starting to circle around now…a bit early but it’s darker than usual right now.
Dan, I’m thinking you may be right, as the “bats” sound exactly like this: [link]
Crushed. I think they are indeed Chimney Swifts. The drama of bats was just so compelling.
Sorry, Wendy. But flying cigars are cool, too.