I am Bat Man
Living in Tidewater, VA, we certainly have our share of mosquitos at times. Therefore we decided to do something about it. When we moved into Snuggle Acres there was a telephone pole in the backyard. It is still there but we have had the service turned off to the light. One night, Mollie suggested that we put a bat house on the pole. Genius! (However, it has taken the carpenter several years to follow up on the plan...slacker) Anywho, the job is now done. Now the waiting game begins to see if any bats find Snuggle Acres. I attached two links that provide bat box management and the bat box plans that I followed. Bring on the creatures of the night!!....just not from Bethpage.. that's another story!!??
Bat Box ManagementBat Box Plans I followed
Bats are the only flying mammals. Their wings are not shaped like a bird's. Their wings do not have lift. Therefore, they have to jump off of things to fly. The bat box needs to have a substantial landing area for the bats to land on.
One special needed piece of equipment needed to build a bat box was in my shop that came from Oyster Gardening. The bats need something to land on below the box and hold on to once inside the box and you can't use metal screening. I happen to have some plastic screening left over from the construction of the upweller silos on the oyster farm.
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