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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 5:23 pm
Here is a picture of our little brown bat who occasionally comes up on our porch to eat the flying bugs. He is a solitary male brown bat. I am trying to talk my husband into stopping his other projects and building a bat house. This bat is really small and he is so cute!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 5:29 pm
He is cute! And bats are great to help keep down the mosquitoes!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:01 pm
At the zoo bats are my fave to watch, right after the meerkats.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:16 pm
oh my goodness, how CUTE! We had a bat on our front porch once, but we got rid of it. We gave it to one of the science teachers in town.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:19 pm
He is very cute. I don't know why I'm so terrified of bats.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 7:09 pm
He's adorable! I saw a show on TV where various families were chosen to have makeovers in their yards to be environmental habitats and I read something about some organization (something like the national wildlife federation) proviging bat houses for people.. Bats can take care of so many insects and with stuff around like West Nile, that 's a GOOD THING.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 7:22 pm
I contacted the Northwest bats group and got the plans for the bat houses. It is just getting DH to slow down and build us a couple. If you could see how little he is and such a rich brown color...you would melt! I did ask them if they are sure he won't bring his girl friend but they just laughed at me. He very rarely spends the day and probably hits our porch about every two weeks. I am supposed to keep notes on his activities for the NW Bats.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 8:02 pm
That's neat. I don't see bats in our area but when I used to visit a friend in Yuma, AZ, they had bats near the canals at night.. very cool to watch them.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 10:53 pm
Supergranny, I live in same state as you but have never seen any bats. Very cool!!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 7:15 am
I've had a bat house up for two summers now and have had no renters yet. Sigh!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 7:26 am
Do bats eat frogs?
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 2:43 pm
Mocha: Some do. In fact there is species called the Frog-Eating bat. It's endangered. Supergranny: Terrific picture! It's a shame that more people don't appreciate bats. Common little brown bats can eat hundreds of mosquitos in an hour. Some bats also pollinate plants.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, August 12, 2005 - 2:39 pm
Supergranny, hope your dh doesn't wait until it's too late. What a great picture of your visitor. OG, have you tried to relocate the bat house? It may not be in the right place. I read where you have to have them in a certain orientation or particular height to attract inhabitants. Good luck, both of you! <hey, where's Fruitbat?>
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, August 12, 2005 - 2:47 pm
Thanks Calamity. I need one to eat the frogs near my house.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, August 12, 2005 - 6:30 pm
Urgrace, I have the house put in a place that was suggested by the instructions that came with it. It said it could take more than 2 years to get renters. This is the second summer it's been up. We'll have to see what next year brings.
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