Eight new bat houses in NW PA

Bat House photos and pictures here please.

Postby Terry Lobdell » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:58 pm

 

Here are pictures of eight new bat houses mounted in a city park in NW PA. It could not have been completed without the help of these young men and women.

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:01 am

Four holes had to be dug for the poles in different locations.

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:03 am

Having lots of help made the job much easier on a hot June day.

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:09 am

Everyone took turns with the tools.

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:12 am

 The soil was hard sticky clay........not an easy job.

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:16 am

This hole had some big rocks but fortunately this guy was not afraid to get his hands dirty!

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:18 am

For as young as they were, I was suprised at how skilled these girls were with tools......

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:21 am

The extra help was really needed when we raised the poles. The 2 back to back mounted houses were fairly heavy.

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Postby Terry Lobdell » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:30 am

The bat houses are 3 crevices with saw kerfed baffles of 3/4" pine boards. Hopefully these houses will get some occupancy sometime in the next year. Much thanks for the hard work by these guys and girls and to the City of Oil City PA for the willingness to complete this project!

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Postby Joe Spencer » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:51 pm

Just great stuff Terry!  We'll look forward to occupancy at this site! :mrgreen:
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