Rescuing a flying-fox in a construction site; this is Myrtle

Myrtle is an adult female Grey-Headed Flying-Fox found in a ditch in a construction site. It was an early morning call, and fairly local to me, so I dragged my butt out of bed to pick her up before my day began. I was quite amused that when I asked if a 10 storey apartment block was going to be built on the site, he replied, no, 20 storeys. Then laughed and said it was going to be a lovely kids park with play equipment, soft fall, trees and pathways... Myrtle is surprisingly uninjured with just a minor knock on her head. I'm hoping she is going to be able to be hard released this week. I love the footage of her in the aviary, being very standoffish. She was named Myrtle from the street. I rescued a microbat a block away a few weeks ago and I was going to name that little one, Myrtle, however he was male, so he got called Turtle. Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for me. Tolga is an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult). https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/ Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to me. If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for me. IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the amount donated and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt. The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie. Here’s Jenny’s email. [email protected]