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With Norma now a Cat 3 hurricane, locals on social media keep getting asked about our weather by potential visitors. Here in Zihuatanejo it's simply been a mostly cloudy day with some light rain during the morning. The waves haven't been so big as to cause the port to close, but they made for a rough day on the water. Expect the surf to continue growing during the next few days while the huge storm sits and churns up the ocean offshore.

The amate tree beside the Plaza del Artista has been fruiting for days, and it's fun to watch the people who notice all the bats swooping to get the fruits that grow on it. Every now and then someone lets out a little scream as they swoop in front of their face.

There appears to be quite a few visitors around, both foreign and national. Good to see them here! Next week the first charter flight of the season arrives from Canada. Keep'em coming!

If you're looking for some Halloween fun, Deborah's Restaurant in Ixtapa plans to have a special Halloween menu and costume party, or just enjoy watching all the kids come for Trick-or-Treat, and Deborah mentioned that she will also be making her special desserts, which alone merits a visit to her marvelous restaurant.
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Aquí se ve unos pescadores llegando con los frutos de sus labores nocturnos. Las mareas altas y las olas del mar de fondo causan que las pangas de los pescadores se amontonen en su área de Playa Principal.

The weather is fun! Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdy, the bay got flatter and flatter and was perfect for paddling and swimming. This morning, suddenly, the waves were very big to HUGE and we had to be very careful about letting the dogs chase their balls and swimming in the surf.

So much fun to experience mother nature doing her thing, and finally getting at least some rain.

We are currently, near the dolphins on playa la ropa, at 29 inches of rain for the season. Compare that to 35 inches last season, and 65 the year before. It may be a very dry winter.

We have motion detector lights along one side of our house and normally they are only tripped by us and the dogs. Lately, and especially last night, the big bats are setting them off. Such a wonderful thing to see!

Thanks for verifying the recent bat sightings.

One flew towards me and I ran and everyone thought I was seeing things.

Really amazing to see one upclose.

I would be very cautious around bats. In the USA they are a reservoir of rabies. A cursory search suggest that rabies is fairly common in bats in Mexico too.

I would be very cautious around bats. In the USA they are a reservoir of rabies. A cursory search suggest that rabies is fairly common in bats in Mexico too.

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You forgot the other old wives tale about bats getting tangled in your hair.

Perhaps you are unaware of the fact that I'm a retired Emergency Doc. In the USA the leading vector for human rabies is bats. they cause around 70% of all human rabies cases. Although the number of cases is low, it is wise to exercise caution. While Mexico has been declared rabies free in terms of dog bites about 22.5 per cent of bat species in Mexico are know to carry rabies. There were actually two human cases in Oaxaca in 2022 caused by bats.

Perhaps you are unaware of the fact that I'm a retired Emergency Doc. In the USA the leading vector for human rabies is bats. they cause around 70% of all human rabies cases. Although the number of cases is low, it is wise to exercise caution. While Mexico has been declared rabies free in terms of dog bites about 22.5 per cent of bat species in Mexico are known to carry rabies. There were actually two human cases in Oaxaca in 2022 caused by bats.

Methinks it was an attempt at humor. You are spot on, Good Doctor. Our friend got bit by a bat. The bat was not captured. She had to undergo the series of shots. Her description of the ordeal was not pleasant.

My only objection to bats (we have lots of them living in the trees on the lot behind our house) is that they "dump" on the laundry we have hanging. So, now we have to bring the laundry in before dusk. Beats washing it a second time!

We have two locations in our house and yard that the bats use in the early evening. We make sure that the gardener sweeps the cement under them weekly and the one time we had dying bat we used heavy gloves and bagged it.

We only have about 6 that live under the roof and another dozen under a stairwell. The BIG ones do come in seasonally, but don't hang out here.

We have two locations in our house and yard that the bats use in the early evening. We make sure that the gardener sweeps the cement under them weekly and the one time we had dying bat we used heavy gloves and bagged it.

We only have about 6 that live under the roof and another dozen under a stairwell. The BIG ones do come in seasonally, but don't hang out here.

Bats eat mosquitos. They also disperse seeds of the amate trees (which we need more of) and other fruits they eat. We welcome them as neighbors.

Automatic dusk to dawn small LED light fixtures help reduce unwanted bats from taking up residence in dark hallways etc!

We love them as well. Watching them come out at dusk and perform an aero"bat"ic displace of doing 20 kph in the area of a shoebox is impressive. They are better than mosquito zapper.

Back in my boarding school days in the Austrian Alps, many years ago, one Saturday we went spelunking in a nearby valley. There were many small bats hanging on the ceiling. I grabbed one and stuck it in my jacket pocket. By the time we got back to school, it had found its way out and flew away. Luckily, it didn't bite me.

Bats are so great at keeping the mosquitoes in check at our home. Happy they are our neighbors.

Do you have personal experience with these devices? Curious if you could provide a link for these devices you refer to? I like the bats and appreciate what they do for mosquito control but get tired of having to sweep up their leavings every morning from our stairway and the marks they leave in their perches up high.

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Humberto Romero
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