On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:49:19 -0600, Scott Hildenbrand
wrote:

So which of you around here have bat houses put up?

Which style box are you using and how does it do?

Still trying to hash out what the best box would be for this area and
its orientation.


I have a bat house that was erected back in 1992 onto a popular tree,
15 feet up off the ground. It has an open bottom, about a foot wide,
2 feet high, made from pine, shingle roof, unfinished, faces east
where it gets morning sun. Wasps usually take it over in the summer
months, but I have seen a snake climb the tree and go inside it. I
expect it will rot before any bats use it. No bats have taken
residence, although I see many bats in the summer evenings catching
bugs. There is a nearby pond and stream.