Bat House Forum

[LarryH]

The bats are finally back, just in time to start having their pups. I was very happy this moring to see the bat houses full. I've only had a few of them up until now. This morning when I checked the houses, they were totally full. Or, they may have been hanging near the bottom of the houses due to the heat -- it is 93 and humid today. I was concerned that we weren't going to have bats this year. I have 2 main houses, and both are totally full. I have a smaller house mounted on the barn about 100' away from the main ones, and they tend to use it for a nursery colony. There aren't any in that house so far, though. I'm just happy to have them back!

[cloudman75]

I'm happy for you Larry and the bats. Mine have pups going on three weeks old now.
I only have about 60 bats down from 200 before all the stormy weather. It is in the 90 range here also with sun. I don't know what happened to the bats, but do know they were with pups.

Frank

[LarryH]

I did an exit count last evening, and I counted 181. But, I think I missed quite a few when bunches came out all at once. But, the numbers is down a little from last year. We've been seeing steady increases every year since the houses were put up, but this year seems to be a bit of a decline.

I checked the houses around noon today, and there still aren't in what has been used as a nursery colony. There is a lot of fresh guano below the main houses, though.