Bat House Forum

by **bruce** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:10 pm

I have a bat living in the building where i work. I don't want to tell the building because i'm sure they will kill it.

I find him sleeping in the same spot everyday and i am worried that he may not be hunting at night.

Do bats usually return to the same spot, and if the lights in the building are on all night will he just continue to sleep?

by **Terry Lobdell** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:21 pm

Here is a link to Bat Conservation International's exclusion guidline page. It has good illustrations on how to safely get it out of the building. It is probably a pup. And you are right, it probably can't find it's way back outside to hunt. Thanks for your concern!

http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=51&idSubPage=48

by **bruce** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:36 pm

Is it ok to release him during the day? I'm not here at nite. he is about two feet from a window that is always open, and there is plenty of bugs around there. I would just as soon let him be if I knew he was hunting at nite. when I first found him and tried to box him he started flying around the hallway and settled in the place where i found him again today.

This is how I found him originally

by **bruce** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:40 pm

And this is where he is sleeping now

by **Terry Lobdell** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:45 pm

Wow! that looks like a red bat! I've never even seen one! They are foliage roosting bats and would fly to a tree if released during the day.

by **bruce** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:04 pm

Hmmmmmm

One problem

Im in Manhattan lol

I was thinking it was a little brown bat from the reading i've done.

I took some better ones today

by **bruce** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:05 pm

by **bruce** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:09 pm

Website · by **IowaNate** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:43 pm

Definately a red bat, and they VERY seldom use human dwellings, as Terry noted they are tree roosting bats. I would try to capture it and release it outdoors (perhaps in Central Park). A daytime release would be fine.

Congratulations on seeing one of the most beautiful bats in North America!

by **bruce** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:52 pm

Yeah I was thinkin one of the parks

I will hafta walk it there though, I could just see the cops on the subway.

"Yeah sure you have a bat in there, I said open the box." lol

by **Dianna** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:44 pm

Bruce
Sorry I don't have any advice since I am new at this bat stuff. Just wanted to say how cute your little bat is and it is nice that you care about his well being. I hope he is successfully relocated. Good luck!

by **bruce** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:15 am

Dianna wrote:Bruce
Sorry I don't have any advice since I am new at this bat stuff. Just wanted to say how cute your little bat is and it is nice that you care about his well being. I hope he is successfully relocated. Good luck!

Awwwww ty ur sweet :D

by **bruce** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:42 pm

I set him free.

Although there was no way i coulda got him to the park because he was going nuts inside the box. So I let him out the window and watched him fly away.

Hopefully he will find his way

by **Joe Spencer** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:21 pm

Indeed a Red Bat and for most this is an extremely rare occurrence! Congrats and nice work. Red bats migrate south for the winter since they're tree and foliage roosters as Terry previously mentioned and they're in the minority among insectivorous bats. Maybe it needed a little rest during migration and snack in central park? Who knows. Hopefully the bat is on its way south. Thanks again for posting Bruce and below is another photo of a red bat and they're indeed beautiful:

by **bruce** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:06 pm

his eyes and such werent so defined as that one

he was probably very young

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