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Canberra, Jan 24 (IANS) Planned drone shows to celebrate Australia Day in the nation's capital have had their start time pushed back to prevent harm to a population of threatened bats. The population of about 2,500 grey-headed flying foxes -- an endemic species listed as vulnerable to extinction by the federal government -- live in Canberra's Commonwealth Park on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin between October and June. Each night at around 8:45 pm local time, the bats leave the park en masse to feed on fruit. That nightly phenomenon has prompted authorities to delay the drone shows over…