Great memories of a tacky show gone by. 

But, I am not talking about a TV show.  It is now time!

I saw my first Bat today. 

 Yes it did make me happy.  These creatures that have been compared to flying mice do a lot more good than bad.

Having bats around the home, (NOT IN) reduces the number of insects that drive us nuts.  Bat houses setup on the edge of a person's property, (A wood line is perfect) reaps great benefits for landowners.

Right now the bats are emerging from hibernation and last years young may be looking for a new home.   Also, bats that have been chased out of last years abode will be looking and now is the time to lure them in.

Go to your Department of Natural Resources or other Wildlife Administration places in your home town and ask for plans on how to build a bat house and just where to put it.   Normally, this is a free service and a great project to work with with the kids.

No, if you will excuse me, I have a couple of houses to finish before my guests arrive!

 
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MAY
08
2011
262,068 Points Called Shot Master

Bill, great advice on the bats.  I did this several years ago.  It did take 2 years before the permanent residents showed up, but iot was great when they did!

8:22pm • #1

Love the deer in the headlights background!  Good article and your title lured me in, so I'm sure it will others.

8:27pm • #2
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Hi Bill - It is sad how bats have been given such a bad reputation.  They are so useful in keeping the mosquito's and other pest populations controlled.

8:36pm • #3
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Bill...

We have a lot of bats here, and it's not unusual to have them flutter by at night! We built some bat boxes because these guys will eat a Lot of mosquitoes.

8:41pm • #4
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William-I had a couple of bats living in my vacation home seveal years ago, I've never heard about bat houses, I like the idea.

8:44pm • #5
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I love bats....I think they are adorable.

What is that in your hand? A bat.....Can't make it out....but very curious

9:56pm • #6
MAY
09
2011
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We see them around all the time right before dark.  They eat tons of bugs.  I love them!

12:31am • #7
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Between the Jersey Shore and the Pinelands we get a lot of mosquitoes, and these guy do a great job helping to control them.  We've also had a drastic reduction in the bat population because of some sort of fungus.  

8:21am • #8
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Bats have gotten a bad rap for many years.  It has just been in the last 10 years or so the we are understanding them.

9:06am • #9
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Bill, I find it hard to believe that with all the outdoor activity you do, that was the first bat you'd seen. 

Or did you mean in a bat house?

9:14am • #10
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Wow Bill that is so cool. In my last house, we lived behind a 'nature sanctuary' AKA the swamp in Chicago :-) and they would come out at dusk & fly around all the weeping willow trees at 100 mph. They came within inches of the window screens!  I guess when the bugs come out it's the dinner bell for them!

9:26am • #11
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Bill, we have a lot of bats and a lot of old building they call home.  Otherwise, this would be a great idea.

10:47am • #12
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Don, it is the first bat of the season.  Sad to say, I have been in the house way to much come evening.

10:49am • #13
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They devour mosquitoes -- and that, to me, is a marvelous thing!  Now, about those house plans . . .

12:42pm • #14
MAY
10
2011
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This is so true! Bats make awesome neighbors and they are kind of cute in a bat way.

8:50am • #15


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