In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:54:31 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
> >Lou Decruss wrote:
> >> On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:37:07 -0500, Janet Wilder
> >> > wrote:
> >
> >>> I've cleaned plenty of fish, but when I go out in the Gulf or the Laguna
> >>> Madre the guy who owns the charter boat does it for tips. It's so much
> >>> more pleasant to watch the gulls feast on the leavings than to stink up
> >>> my place.
> >>
> >> I've seen them cleaned on the gulf and the feeding frenzy the birds
> >> make is pretty funny.
> >
> >There is a restaurant on South Padre Island that has all-you-can-eat
> >snow crab. A bunch of us go and get a big table on the patio by the
> >Laguna. We throw the shells into the water and huge catfish churn the
> >water up in a feeding frenzy. It's awesome to watch.
>
> I love watching any wildlife in action. We've figured out how to
> attract hummingbirds at our cottage and see a steady show all weekend
> long. I also really like watching the bats feeding at dusk. I've
> read they eat about 700 mosquitos a night.
>
> Lou

They eat their weight in insects every night. :-)

The DOT here has been building their freeway bridges (in appropriate
areas) to accommodate bat colonies. One of our local ones has a colony
of several thousand mexican freetails. I reported it to Bat
Conservation International as they track that sort of thing.

It's totally cool.
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