The arrows point to unusual white noses in a cluster of bats in a New York cave during the winter in 2006.  The white is apparently caused by a fungus and may be related to an unusual number of bat deaths.
Photo Credit: Nancy Heaslip  

 As the sun would set, and dusk would inevitably approach and settle over the earth, the bats always took flight on those cool summer evenings on my aunt’s farm in Green Township, New Jersey. Launching with much gusto from the old farm house’s chimney and the eaves of the barn’s hay loft, they began their nocturnal search for food. In ephemeral fashion the winged mammals darted about the sky in daredevil display, catching gnats and mosquitoes as they flitted about the yard and the horse pastures.