Daffy, that is an amazing pic. the structure of the wing and bones and muscles supporting it is incredible.
The amazing thing to me is the lack of muscle.
the shoulders maybe but the wing joints don’t
look substantial at all.
Isn’t nature miraculous? Gossamer wings.
For years, I have a small *flock* of bats that arrive in my backyard at dusk [about a dozen, or so] to feed. We noticed they weren’t around this year, and lo and behold, saw 4 the other night. The small brown bat colonies here have been suffering from the deadly *white-nose syndrome* and I was delighted to see the few that survived. Welcome guests in my yard.