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TIM HURON EXPOSITOR, Ap[t 4S, t9N-1
Bat house project will attract them to lagoons
Bat houses
By Scott Hilgendorff
xpositor Editor -
"fhe notion of r.this:
carrying rats with' wings that
• get. caught rn your hair ha:
given hats a had reputation.
But a number of close
'cnc(iunters with bats has led a
Seaforth parent ut learn More
ahnut the flying mammal.
and .hare that -information
with Student: at a Seaforth
Public Scholl class. - •
-
That :hared information
hili led to a.prolect.thal now.
sees two bat house- .at the
Seaforth lagoons
started out -3:.t very
nnavc hat hater.- said Robert
Shepherd of hi. °first .hat
"-encounters in his •home.
• While many people Lira react`
,with the impulse 'to hit and
,kill them With as tenni, rapier. -.
Shepher.l,:atd.they would
ind.way-..0 lure{hem puttit -
the hriuc.•
Ill,wever.: he ,has since
learned that they :ire_ in the
•.'.Mme for .i .re:is.,n. usually.
• because there -1s a good -place
to settle 19 the narnlw
tontines of 1 9d,r;c : Waif.
and they knee , r ,^ ^;tisk
In a pers..r •rhes
• dart around . ird:cer11.
-much Nigger it ''.,: , .:ally
. arc espect.i' - it tine
wh1,ti: ;,r .• ' ,:prothe
make
i.•- :.. t: C :ark
d: r .., i re :, 't: 1
gado•
fit•.. 71- l.. I.•
t)rganiiat-ion he Pas since the lagoon -it .• hr town .
joined. ..'•'water treatment plant...
•- The house. ire rectangular..
narrow' close., mounted on
long pole to give the'hats
some of: the height they
prlefet
inside. are shafts with room
tor the hats to move up•or
drawn depending on the
-temperature inside,. The
houses are painted black to
help heat them and. when
• possible. are -faced :oath tor
marc ;nn
rTo.)t: the two houses has
special ventilation :is part of:
an• xperimerit ur:;ci what is -
preferred: It'; part 1)f the hat
house development being.
studied by Bat Conservation
international.
--Most people - have no "idea
,why they live the was they'
do," he said about. hats,
adding the• .tu'dentwere
mten*sted in learning.- -
He said. houses and harps.
provide high. narrow.,piaces.
that are .ate from predators.
and are warm. -While -a root
- may .not leak. a hat iS •'mall
enough to get through tiny:
Openings tot set up houtie:in a
• person' : ettic:
-' :'They need really warily:
temperatures to raise their
young. he • added. That
:happensin the spring and
--- much warmth can he found
-•helow the roofs -ot .tnany.
homes: '
"We just-oifer them ideal,
condition and are surprised
when they take advantage of
it.- he said.
By building. hat houses. a
Thome owner ran otter even
:better living conditions for
' hats and entice them tci move
out of their attic homes. •
Justin 'Yee anti Kirsten.
McKay. -two students from
the. class. ;'aid- they aren't -
afraid of hats.._,
"One got in my house. it
was flying all around nfc;
she said of ons: experience she -
has had. She remembers -
being a little scared then hut
atter !earning More abut the
. ;con-tlgendorff photo tnlitials. ,sn t anvmine.
2 ;bar• ;r eCr -r � reips •::rade 4 students `r ;m ;erforth i ltlst_iikc•
.tnrm�ls." Sates
='a tics r! rose .r�r -r t "cusa Jusltn. 'It stili leave [hem .:
.dont. hes` von ;(tie sou.
m.1mmviii. )(venose:: ..t.:`:t:ei1 ".It:.. -t t:1 -.t- at Se:11�)rtt1. - - -
i. '11'sail ?
he I1Va1' 1'Qm
•,t' earl r- lrl`.r:: ;ltnl n "U Ia ichoil. '.v th dope
Ilum ms. : : hc• .f rnucti zrcter
'rerarit rr `tore 1 11.! 1 it r ee::,n_ 'hem !n.(iived In :chat situ 'Thenhcrct.
r ,.'1 ,,_ .. ;)heist. t)tie :)t the T� e "s .x:11 '1tlll e5 the
tit - Bal ' student., '•31111 Veil )tarn:: 11
irrr ,lam::C:: 1i:• „ n, ;Cr., , T. nr.ttr-• il.,.n International. an
Bat houses can hold up to 5o, insect eating bats..
Will attracting bats- to bat
houses in my yard increase
the likelihood -that they will
move' into my attic or wall
spaces:'
.lour altsc
or wall spaces rt lrlrahiy
wuui,t i,,.i •. 1_
there
How mann - bats- can
potentially occupy my bat
A(,inmi)ri :.7 ='e=ct-am�Fer
hat .hnu;e
1
l ir_ ..l ret 1c,
• 1 ' .. `r hat,
4uanttnes or insect;. mar.' t .orbs r `.;c,: )r space.
which' ar
and Jird -'est.- r .rner-nr,re. -What are the:ltdds that a
man • 1 . 1- 7 1, :;ick bat wills endanger my
%where ne'- sear ',Xi, family with rabies? -
Fe -ver than •en people n.
Will having bat houses in • 1.r ear, lave enntracten
my yard interfere: with tele :, m North .American
attractini: birds'' - -.1! ,rtes; a,u .:t)mmoniv
secs T' -e•, i. ' -:rr .: r1rert:' r -tat houses. Like alt
How can I determine the
likelihood of attracting
bats?
Throughout otos.: vt 1.
t nited Srate• and much .•f
Canada there art: t,ccupied-hat
houses betn _ .d h•, ,,re of
North Anne:- .. -cans--__
,:reloce-Jw , u « .
Wheres
must find
areets.,::s t:. r;.
preti;rence ti -r roc?-.1!ng
ayuatli habitats The
%ou :11se to ease •n' ., ..`
h)bernatin,
• and- th.e es •. _ r.
colonies til nt .l'^: ^t.
also increase
-If 1 have bats living in my
attic. but would prefer that
they occupy a hat house.
what should l du'' .
Amt.-. and `other parts rt
hwldutg. tttten,prrside tJeat
blit roasting sites. .in MOST
gases, bats will not-
soluntarily mos e from an
attic. In :such eases.
alternatise- roosts !Jeally
should be pro:tded sest;rat
.. months -or one season before
---the desired . muse.._:Che .bats
should he rs irted troni the
attic at a. tithe in the early
.sprang or late svniiner when
tlightlei..soung ere not
prescnL -
Itiction t♦ (tttt:il'ea.it,
accomplished. Watch to see
sshete the hats emerge at
dusk l sing polypropylene
bird.netung or has plastiL%
• hang a latee enough piece
05er the emergence paint.
extending .l atot bekis' ,and to
:each side ot the exit St:cure
the net in place .ti that It
hang, trce'an inch or so away
tronl the building. It will :n'1
as a one•ssas salve--
pernittttng exit, but closing
w.hcn bats land on it to return.
neer
•
Now effective are bats in
controlling insects' r
As primary predators ot
night-lly ing insets, bats play
a kcy rule in the balance of
nature. consuming• vast
quantities tit insects. many of
which are coaly agricultural
and yard pests. Eurthernwie.�
matnlnal "air .:.11) .:nntract
:1.111 t.t. int!
peril .111k.r Wan' )cher
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