Lilah Morgan wrote:
I was just...I couldn't believe it. I figure 2 or 3 dozen
at least flew out before we started counting, so that's probably at least
250 bats living in the walls. And I want them outside...I don't mind them
living on the property, just in their own houses, not OURS!

Some people have all the luck. I have been studying bats for years,
made several documentaries, had rabies shots so I could work with them
and just plain dig bats. When we moved out to the country the first
thing we did was to put up a bat house. In 12 years, we have seen only
a few (total 5?) in it.

It is now obvious that we live in a area where colonial bats do not live
and the forest dwellers sleep in trees.

You obviously live in a place where colonial bats do live and I envy
you. It is possible to coax them out and into a new bathouse. If you
have that many, it will be a serious project and I suggest that you
contact Bat Conservation International ( Google BCI) for help.

I don't know where you live and could only guess at the possible species
but the first thing you need to do is identify them as there are a
number of species on the endangered list.

Merlin Tuttle is the director and we know him well so say hi for us if
you talk to him.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Jack Schmidling

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