{"id":4857,"date":"2020-05-26T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T00:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2024-02-02T22:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T11:48:14","slug":"bat-hus-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"BAT-hus Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Caitlin Bewley
\n(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)<\/p>\n

Bacchus Marsh skies seem to be filled with black specs every evening at dusk, have you ever wondered what they are and why they\u2019re here? It\u2019s not a bird; it\u2019s not a plane; it\u2019s\u2026\u2026a bat, and not just one.<\/p>\n

To read the full story – Simply click on the following link and scroll through to page number one (1).<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/462895579\/MN-2020-05-26<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

in the 26 May 2020 edition<\/span>
\n OR<\/span>
\n pick up a paper around your town.<\/span><\/p>\n

**NOW DELIVERING 11,000 FREE COPIES WEEKLY**<\/span>

\"\"
Grey-Headed Flying Foxes at Masons Lane Bacchus Marsh
\u00a9 David Whelan\/wildpix.com.au<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Bacchus Marsh skies seem to be filled with black specs every evening at dusk, have you ever wondered what they are and why they\u2019re here? It\u2019s not a bird; it\u2019s not a plane; it\u2019s\u2026\u2026a bat, and not just one. To read the full story – Simply click on […]<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":25957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1880,1881,1882,1883,1884],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-badgar-wildlife-rescue","tag-bat-crazy","tag-david-whelan-photographer","tag-filling-the-skies","tag-grey-headed-flying-fox"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBAT-hus Marsh - The Moorabool News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BAT-hus Marsh - The Moorabool News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Bacchus Marsh skies seem to be filled with black specs every evening at dusk, have you ever wondered what they are and why they\u2019re here? It\u2019s not a bird; it\u2019s not a plane; it\u2019s\u2026\u2026a bat, and not just one. To read the full story – Simply click on [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Moorabool News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-26T00:31:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-02T11:48:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lachlan Ellis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lachlan Ellis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lachlan Ellis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302\"},\"headline\":\"BAT-hus Marsh\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-26T00:31:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-02T11:48:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":117,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"badgar wildlife rescue\",\"bat crazy\",\"david whelan photographer\",\"filling the skies\",\"grey headed flying fox\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/\",\"name\":\"BAT-hus Marsh - The Moorabool News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-26T00:31:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-02T11:48:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427,\"caption\":\"\u00a9 David Whelan 2019\\\/wildpix.com.au\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/bat-hus-marsh\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BAT-hus Marsh\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Moorabool News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Moorabool News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/MooraboolNews-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/MooraboolNews-logo.png\",\"width\":1089,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"The Moorabool News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302\",\"name\":\"Lachlan Ellis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lachlan Ellis\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/author\\\/lachlanellis\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BAT-hus Marsh - The Moorabool News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BAT-hus Marsh - The Moorabool News","og_description":"By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Bacchus Marsh skies seem to be filled with black specs every evening at dusk, have you ever wondered what they are and why they\u2019re here? It\u2019s not a bird; it\u2019s not a plane; it\u2019s\u2026\u2026a bat, and not just one. To read the full story – Simply click on [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/","og_site_name":"The Moorabool News","article_published_time":"2020-05-26T00:31:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-02T11:48:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lachlan Ellis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lachlan Ellis","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/"},"author":{"name":"Lachlan Ellis","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/person\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302"},"headline":"BAT-hus Marsh","datePublished":"2020-05-26T00:31:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-02T11:48:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/"},"wordCount":117,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg","keywords":["badgar wildlife rescue","bat crazy","david whelan photographer","filling the skies","grey headed flying fox"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/","name":"BAT-hus Marsh - The Moorabool News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-26T00:31:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-02T11:48:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/website-1-2-640x427-1.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"caption":"\u00a9 David Whelan 2019\/wildpix.com.au"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/bat-hus-marsh\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BAT-hus Marsh"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/","name":"The Moorabool News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization","name":"The Moorabool News","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/MooraboolNews-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/MooraboolNews-logo.png","width":1089,"height":400,"caption":"The Moorabool News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/person\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302","name":"Lachlan Ellis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lachlan Ellis"},"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/author\/lachlanellis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}