an update to a REAL old project that never got completed....
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about 6 years ago, as part of building a buncha bird houses, I also put together a bat house. As goes many of my projects, I came outta the gate like a race horse, but about the 3rd turn, I got distracted and never finished the race. The bat house has been in storage ever since....until now.
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It all started here back in 2007. -
...and winds up here, some 6+ years later. Inspired by Loretta's post:
...I bought a mesh tray that's made for organizing silverware and mounted two snall 90 degree brackets about 18" beneath the bat house on the eave....Bat babies often fall out of the house and the tray catches them and allows them to crawl back into their house....
I added the bat baby catcher to the bottom of the house and provided a trellis of hardware cloth to allow ascension back into the cozy bat abode above.
And, finally, the 2" tubing pole is set into concrete and the new bat digs are displaying a
vacancy sign.
