The bat’s back. Mind you, there is no way I can be sure that it is the same one as was discussed under sleepy bat earlier in the month. Yesterday’s bat arrived in the afternoon and hung from a bargeboard of my roof. Today, twenty hours later, it is still sleeping there.
An interesting thing about watching nature is that often one sees the unanticipated. In this case, it was a bat (apparently) sleeping with its eyes open. So, I searched on the Web for insights into this. Most sites that discuss bats do not mention it one way or the other. Yet, some people have posed the question as to whether bats can do this. The answers vary: some categorically say that a bat can sleep with its eyes open; others assure me that it cannot. When it comes to information on the Web, the rule is clearly caveat emptor.
A sleeping bat hangs from the bargeboard of my roof. Its fur is brown, but its flesh looks bluish.
It was difficult to find a view that revealed the bat’s face. This one seems to show it sleeping with its eyes open; this morning it was still sleeping with its eyes open.
I asked Dr. Cori Lausen, a bat expert living in Kaslo, about this question. She says no, bats do not sleep with their eyes open but they spend a lot of time NOT sleeping but just hanging there. This bat was likely spying on you!