Bat House Forum

[flyin-lowe]

I haven't checked my house but I am assuming there is nothing. Being new and with the crappy weather we are having I am not getting my hopes up. The last thing I need is one more thing to obsess over. Anyway I haven't seen any bats yet even flying around. On the purple martin forum I visit they have an interactive migration map so people can report seeing their first martin. It is neat to watch the map darken in color and you can watch them day by day coming north. We need something like that on here.

[Markcuda]

On the purple martin forum I visit they have an interactive migration map so people can report seeing their first martin.

I have 20 plus
There gets to a point you can't count them all.
I have two nice bat houses up, no bats

[flyin-lowe]

Last year was my first year with martins and I had 5 pair. This year I have 4 pair so far but they are all adult and no sub adults born last year have shown up yet. My lofty goal was 15 pair this year but 10 is probably a more realistic number.

[Markcuda]

Last year was my first year with martins and I had 5 pair.

I would be very happy with that in my first year

My lofty goal was 15 pair this year

Holy cow, talk about high goals
Wanting 30 martins in the second year is very high

[flyin-lowe]

Here was my thinking. I actually started out with 6 pair last year (1 ASY pair and 5 sub adult pair). I lost one pair along the way, not sure why but the nested laid one egg and I never saw them again. Anyway of my 5 pair 4 pair returned. I picked up 5 sub adult pair last year with only 1 ASY male to attract them. This year I have 4 ASY males here so who knows.
For those reading this thinking I am talking some foreign language ASY= after second year. These are 2 plus year old birds. Sub adults are the birds that were born last year.
Now back to the bats, anybody seeing any in this part of the country?

[Markcuda]

I shined a bright flash light into my two houses tonight=nothing