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Don't Worry ~ It's Just a Bat

By Mary Yonkers

Education & Training with Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate

August 09, 2012 07:28 AM

Don't Worry ~ It's Just a Bat

I found a bat on my front porch early this morning and like a true addict of ActiveRain and FaceBook I had to grab the camera. Keep in mind that the whole process of taking two picturess took more than just a bit of courage from this former city girl.

Of course Dave said, "Mary, it's just a bat."

I was too busy this morning to post so here's his 'mug shot.'

Curiosity made me look outside and lo and behold the bat is still there.

Well, I will tell you that he will stay there until Dave gets home to dispose of him. (Guess, I am still a city girl at heart.)

To be safe I will submit this post in the group Do Not Worry ~ Today

If you need to vent your concerns or troubles, write a post and submit to the group Do Not Worry ~ Today and your friends here at ActiveRain will be here to comfort and support you.

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Ralph Janisch ABR CRS Broker

Janisch & Co. - Conroe, TX

Selling Northwest Houston to good people like you!

Just take a broom and sweep him into the air! Maybe he'll fly away.

Aug 09, 2012 07:39 AM

Kathy Stoltman

Ventura, CA

RETIRED

Perhaps a bat on your front porch is a sign of good luck or maybe that would be the story I would tell myself!

Aug 09, 2012 07:43 AM

Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Jeanne & Ralph, I am still waiting for Dave to get home to take care of that job.

Kathy--Please tell your story. Should be interesting.

Aug 09, 2012 07:54 AM

Connie Harvey

Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN

Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Mary, I'm not too keen on bats either. I guess I'm just a girly girl too. :)

Aug 09, 2012 08:10 AM

Barbara Todaro

RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA

Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Hi Mary....hey, I'm a country girl and I would go near that.....

Aug 09, 2012 10:11 AM

Tony & Darcy Cannon

Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT

The C Team

Mary, I am not the biggest fan of bats either! I am glad that we don't have many of them around here!

Aug 09, 2012 10:39 AM

Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Connie--Yuk! The bat is gone. Thank goodness Dave swept him away. (He was dead so nothing to really worry about, I guess.)

Barbara--Country or not, most of us don't like certain things, but we can deal with most anything.

Tony & Darcy, How lucky you are. But I am sure you have other not-so-nice critters to deal with.

Aug 09, 2012 11:20 AM

Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties

Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN

The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Mary, Bats are ugly little creatures, aren't they? I wouldn't mess with him either. It's man's work.

Aug 09, 2012 12:38 PM

Joni Bailey

101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX

Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

BAHahahahahaHA! You are so funny! Good thing you didn't touch him. I hear they can carry rabies. I think they are kind of cute, but don't want to love up on one. That's what the dogs and cats are for. Oh yeah, and Rick! :)))

Aug 09, 2012 01:54 PM

Patricia Kennedy

RLAH@properties - Washington, DC

Home in the Capital

Mary, just a bat? These fellows are creepy looking. Once my cat dragged one in through the cat door in the kitchen and it was flopping around the floor. Ick!

Aug 09, 2012 02:57 PM

Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP

DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX

Selling Homes Changing Lives

Hi Mary,

Growing up as a kid, did you ever dream one day you'd get a good shot at a bat! Nice photograph! Oh the things we do for ActiveRain. I know that had to draw a lot of courage. I'm glad it was you and not me! You'd still hear me screaming all the way over there from here!

Aug 09, 2012 10:30 PM

Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Right on, Debbie.

Joni--love your sense of humor.

Pat K, creepy is the right word unless you are a scientist.

Patrica F, We could have had a screaming contest in the Rain (AR).

Thanks everyone for your comments. Even though it was scarey I had fun posting and commenting here. Now onto other things.

Aug 09, 2012 10:49 PM

Malcolm Johnston

Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate LTD., Trenton, Ontario - Trenton, ON

Trenton Real Estate

Aaaw, poor little thing. We have them all over the place up here Mary, and they are actually very good at keeping the insect population down. People encourage them to stay in their yards by building bat houses.

Aug 09, 2012 11:51 PM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA

Put 40 years of experience to work for you

My cat Brandon once brought a bat to bed. In the middle of the night, he woke me up sitting on the bed with a bat in his mouth and growling. Because if he opened his mouth to meow, the bat would have flown away. Yeah, it was alive!

Aug 09, 2012 11:59 PM

Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Malcolm, okay, okay. I get it. Quit being such a whoosh. I am okay with bats flying around my yard but don't come up on my front porch. Yikes!

Elizabeth, Ugh! On the positive side Brandon was trying to do his job as the protective cat. If he hadn't who knows where that bat might have ended up.

Aug 10, 2012 06:25 AM

Liz Wallace

Century 21 Sherlock Homes - Rockville Centre, NY

Broker C21 Sherlock Homes, Rockville Centre, LI, N

Take a broom and sweep it away. Is #1 nuts. I wouldn't open the door. I can't believe you took a picture. City girl here too.

Aug 11, 2012 06:30 AM

Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Hopefully, your neighborhood bats are eating lots of insects.

Enjoy the summertime activities with your camera in hand.

Aug 16, 2012 01:31 AM

Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Liz, I waited untl my husband came home to dispose of dead bat. Yes, he was dead which is why he didn't flinch when I took his mug shot. (I am city girl who lives in the country. I love the beauty, but not bugs and bats.)

Roy, Yes, bats eat insects as they are flying not when they are on my front porch. Thanks for the orange flower.

Aug 16, 2012 02:19 AM