Bat Boxes

During the summer when the pool is open, we can sit the bats flying at night around the pool and pond eating all the bugs they can catch. This time of year, I feel bad when I see them on our house and always had wanted to make bat boxes for them. I have also heard that there is a epidemic affect/effecting bats around the NE part of our Country. Go figure without bats, the world would be a bugger place to live. lol

If you go to this link, on page 6 there are a few plans in pdf format how to build bat boxes. Also lots of other stuff here too.
http://pcpotato.com/index.php?option=co ... y=2&page=1

Or you could do it the lazy mans way, like I did. Just buy a house with cracks in the cornice and never fix them. Your attic will be full of bats like mine.

If I had a place for them I would put in a couple of bat boxes, I got a 1 acre bug zapper & have to clean it every morning so more bugs can get to the grid. The price you pay for being surrounded by wet-lands .

dtzackus wrote:Thanks for the tips, but my "old bat" wouldn't go in one... lol

Here I was thinking "Bat Boxes" was going to be a hunting topic and not a hobbies topic. If you'd like bats as a hobby, for a nominal cost, I will ship some to you.