Waiting for the bats to retun

Matthew

Matthew

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Friday night, sitting on the back porch, in the dark, sipping a beer as the last of the light fades out in the West. This is the time of night we usually see bats flying aground the yard. Too early in the season, though.
 
Ditto. Love watching them here in central KY. I have a couple of bat houses up, but can't seem to get any tenants.
 
I get bats circling the house in the evenings sometimes. it's pretty cool to watch.
 
Funny, but last night in Michigan, my girlfriend and I were out with my telescope and we saw many bats (we did not see the bats THROUGH the telescope, but just while setting up the scope), yet no bugs.
 
Pilawt said:
This is Seattle Mariners country. We got no bats here ...

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Last year we had a bat named Bob make his home on our entry porch in Nipomo, California.

We would exit the front door and there was his little upside down face looking down at us.

He liked my wife’s long hair and would try to land on her head. Ed found that disquieting.

He was a prolific producer of bat guano and we were please to bid him fair well.

It will be interesting to see if Bob returns.

I have seen a few bats flying around recently but Bob was not among them.
 
Bats were common in the evening in the Detroit area, especially in early fall. They always creeped me out a little - there are very few small animals that I'm afraid of, but bats are one of them, mostly because they are rabies carriers. I've yet to see a bat here in VT and I don't miss them a bit.

Not saying we don't have them here because I'm sure we do, but not, it seems, in the numbers that MI has. I've not yet seen any bears either, but I have it on good authority that there are plenty here.
 
Vance Breese said:
Last year we had a bat named Bob make his home on our entry porch in Nipomo, California.

We would exit the front door and there was his little upside down face looking down at us.

He liked my wife’s long hair and would try to land on her head. Ed found that disquieting.

He was a prolific producer of bat guano and we were please to bid him fair well.

It will be interesting to see if Bob returns.

I have seen a few bats flying around recently but Bob was not among them.
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We've had a colony of 8-10 small bats living under the deck for years, year round. We hose off the guano every once in a while and try to leave them alone. They eat all the bugs. Very welcome.
 
Bats were decimated around here a few years ago by the white nose syndrome. We have a place in New Hampshire where they used to sleep during the day under a porch. Sometimes we would get 6 to 10 hanging from the joist in a small area. Unfortunately that stopped a few years ago and I haven't seen a bat since. Mosquitos were bad last year, probably due to no bats.
 
We see 2-3 around our street most every evening. We had a cave near the creek that ran behind my childhood home which had tons of them. The cave was only big enough to go back in about 20 feet or so, but there was an opening about 12" high that went back far enough to hear an echo. Always appreciated having them around.


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The other thing we see when we take walks in the neighborhood after dark are toads. They'll come out of their hiding places, hop onto the sidewalk or driveways, and park under a streetlight. When the eat their fill of bugs, they hop back home.
 
White nose syndrome is in Illinois now :( So sad. I want to put up a bat box but I don't have a good location that will get the morning sun.
 
Vance Breese said:
Last year we had a bat named Bob make his home on our entry porch in Nipomo, California.

We would exit the front door and there was his little upside down face looking down at us.

He liked my wife’s long hair and would try to land on her head. Ed found that disquieting.

He was a prolific producer of bat guano and we were please to bid him fair well.

It will be interesting to see if Bob returns.

I have seen a few bats flying around recently but Bob was not among them.
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Was Bob named when he got to your porch or after? Your wife's name reminds me of a scene from one of my favorite movies.

Ed: TURN TO THE RIGHT!
Hi: Hey Ed.
Ed: Hey Hi.
Hi: Why do they call you Ed?
Ed: Short for Edwina TURN TO THE RIGHT!
 
When I would talk to him and he responded best to Bob.
It seemed to broaden his smile.
Ed never liked Edna; she felt it was a name for annoying Aunt Edna.
She has four brothers so somehow she became Ed.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
I love my Ed.
I miss Bob.
I don’t miss his bat guano.
 
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