Much later in the evening, after dark, I stepped outside for a break. Something winged and silent flapped by, swooped, and then zoomed under the overhang here into the light where I could see him. A bat! Quite a bit larger than the bats we used to see in Oklahoma, and very intent on catching the moths around the porch lights. He flew a complete circle around me at waist height, zoomed up and disappeared into the dark.

I've got to work on my vocabulary. I seem to be saying "WOW" an awful lot lately.

Good birding