Bat House Forum

[cloudman75]

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Many bats have returned and all three house are in use. I took a photo before exit tonight of the 5 chamber which had been empty for several weeks. It shows free tail bats with a few little browns. There are also freetails in the other houses.
They can be seen as the grayer looking bats with wide ears. The temperatures at night are cooling down into the 70s. High today was a cooler 90.


Frank

[Terry Lobdell]

Frank, you are really getting some great pictures! Is that a big brown in there? I really think you should send these to BCI......

[cloudman75]

Terry, you asked what I was just thinking about the big brown. On the extreme left appears to be a little brown with a big brown next to the freetails. I have seen on exit what I thought were several big browns flying out. I installed the roof on my 2011 bat house today. I used a cedar board and a larger thin plywood roof over that which I am painting white.
There is a half inch slot where the roof meets the house front and also one at the back about 1/4 inch. The baffles stop about 1 inch down from the roof so the bats can travel back and forth if they want. Also I cut openings about 1/2 way down in the baffles so they can pass through. I am also painting the sides white to protect the white wood I used from rot. I have some white sealer left from a previous project that I will be using. I also have flat white barn paint left from my storage building. This is an experiment I wanted to make with a warm sealed chamber and two greatly ventilated chambers.
I want to get this one up soon so the bats can look it over before they leave around Nov usually. Thanks for the comment on the photos, I am doing better with practice.

Frank