Fun story! We have lots of bats on our property. They live in the woods and in the garage vent. Normally we just see them fly out at night.

One morning I saw this bat chilling on a fountain in the front yard. He was very small, maybe the length of one finger. I thought maybe he just couldn’t find the garage vent before it got light.
A few hours later, after getting closer and closer, I noticed that he had a tick on his elbow! Case you see it? On the right side of the picture?

So, now I had to remove a tiny tick from a tiny bat. I recruited help, some extra long tweezers and we performed the tick removal!

At dusk he flew away and rejoined the group! I am convinced he landed low so I could find him and remove the tick. So smart!
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