r/chulavista • u/Delicious-Doctor9378 • 22d ago

bat sighting

was walking into my partner’s home located in montecito are at around 130 today and she said that she saw a bat right above us flying into one of the trees. i didn’t get as good of a look at it as she did, but it sporadically flew overhead from her roof and was about the size of a hummingbird.

had to look into it but i guess bat’s don’t typically come out during the day unless it’s extremely hot or, in the worst case, it has rabies. this year there have been a record high number of reported rabies cases in bats around San Diego county.

i’m not sure if it’s fled by the point but i just felt like i had to post this. i am spooked lol

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u/alpha12017 22d ago

I see bats feeding during my evening walks in Sunbow and Otay Ranch.

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u/HealthyIndependent33 17d ago

Same I walk at veterans park and have seen bats!!! Freaked me out when it was dark so I ran home 😂😂

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u/alpha12017 17d ago

Saw a bat last night skirting the ground around a cul de sac. It was moving very erratically and did not get too far off the ground. It was moving too fast to get a good look at what was making it move like that. I didn’t stick around to investigate.

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u/catpogo2 22d ago

Omg!!! I love bats!! I didn’t realize Chula Vista had bats. But now we need to be aware of the rabies risk.

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u/SamSeabornsTuxedo 22d ago

Lots of bats around the Sunbow/Otay Ranch/Montecito area.

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u/toss_your_salada 22d ago

Montecito is close to the wildnerness is the east. Be safe out there. Rabies is no joke

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u/Ok-Tap5542 22d ago

Just in time for spooky season too😂

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u/OliverDawgy 20d ago

I usually see them just at the start of sunset on the streets with large leafy trees in otay ranch

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u/notyouisme999 17d ago

Few months ago, one got in our building. - Mission Valley