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How well do bat houses work?

"Lilah Morgan" wrote in message
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"Jack Schmidling" wrote in message
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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 went to their website, and I couldn't identify our bats since I
didn't get
a close look at them, and couldn't find any plans for bat houses(we
have a
blueprint, but I read on BCI's site that some aren't reliable). So I
am
going to look again today and send an email.

Here is a bat house plan from BCI.
http://www.batcon.org/pdfs/SingleChamberBHPlans.pdf

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington

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Originally Posted by Lilah Morgan (Post 726515)

Because I had been hearing noise in the 'green' room that was an add-on to
this place(mobile home) and I thought it was rats/mice(the walls on the
inside, when it was added on, they put insulation in, but nothing covering
it, and we've got stuff to fix that, but it's a 2person job, and mom's been
gone most of last few months staying in town), but tonight mom and I just
happened to be outside next to that room, and I heard the noises again, and
mentioned it to mom, and by the time we started counting all the bats that
flew out, we got to 215/216 before they stopped coming out and the noise
stopped as well. 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!

I have studied bats, and I love them. I feel very sorry for them though, and it is highly unfortunate that they are currently decreasing in numbers. :(

I'm pleased that you're considering doing something about it though, I have purchased a couple of bat boxes from the site batboxes.co.uk and I have had them a couple of years and noticed signs of bats living there.

Good luck, and learn from my experience that if you don't notice any signs of bats within a few years, move your bat box because its probably down to location.

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Originally Posted by Lilah Morgan (Post 726515)

They work really well! I brought one from www.batboxes.co.uk.. It has lasted ages. Providing you know how to properly check for signs of bats you can tell if you have bat residents within a few years.. And usually you would. :)