Bats in eucalyptus

A recent colony set up by fruit bats aka flying foxes, high up in a stand of eucalyptus trees along the roadside. In the morning you can hear their chattering and squabbling.

A dead branch

A dead branch has its uses.

When orchids cling to it

and vines twine

lovingly around it.

And where would the mushrooms

and other assorted fungi live,

if not on rotting wood?

A myriad number of insects

seek refuge in its crevices

away from the prying gaze

of an inquisitive winged hunter.

Even a dead branch, has its uses.

(c) Alaka