How to attract bats
Does anyone keep,have, house or try to make things bat friendly for their outdoor spaces? Our garden was rendered unusable last year in the summer because of mosquitos – the mosquitos in Carroll Gardnes are striped and actually come out in the day – I heard that some people put bat houses up to try…
Does anyone keep,have, house or try to make things bat friendly for their outdoor spaces? Our garden was rendered unusable last year in the summer because of mosquitos – the mosquitos in Carroll Gardnes are striped and actually come out in the day – I heard that some people put bat houses up to try to control this – is this crazy? If its as simple as putting a bat house up I need to know – if its like keeping a goat in yourback yard then that won’t do-much obliged.
The bats in NY are brown bats. They are insectivores and wouldn’t bite a person, so the rabies threat is almost nil. Unless, I suppose, a person bit a rabid brown bat.
I hung a bat house up 4 years ago and I’ve never seen one even attempt to investigate it. I do occasionally see bats swooping under the streetlights on our block, but very rarely.
I’ve been saying for years to anyone who’ll listen that BK needs more bats. If you find the ‘bag o’ bats’ source, I’m in for two bags!
Don’t they carry the henta virus or something? The same one mice and rats have?
Too funny, Ljubitca! Keep us posted on the bat urine search. I know bat guano is a good fertilizer and can be bought. What’s the difference?
A word to the wise re: handling bats—they are nocturnal animals. If you encounter one during the daytime, there’s a good chance the bat is rabid, or otherwise ill.
Almost every backyard I’ve been in in Bklyn has had bats flying overhead at around twilight. You may mistake them for birds.
I am not sure I would want bats in my garden. Bats harbor any number of diseases that can easily be contracted by humans or family pets including rabies. Talk to a vet before deciding whether you want to encourage bats to move into your garden. There might be other ways to deter mosquitoes, including getting rid of standing water, mosquito coils and bug zappers.
If you find a bag of bats, can you get me one, too? 😉
One of the links first posted to my question sends us to a post that says to attract bats you should soak the bat house in bat urine. I am willing to do that in well covered flesh.
I walk past City Hall everyday and night and there is definltiy a lot of activity there – perhaps you found a lazy bat.
I will continue the urine search.
I love bats! I put a bat house on our home, southern exposure, but no bats have ever shown up. Maybe it’s not dark enough. Not near enough to a body of water. There is a dog next door who barks sometimes. I want bats!
I was in NJ one evening and saw a bat swooping around near a street light, catching the insects attracted to the light.
Walking by City Hall in Manhattan a few years ago I saw a little, furry bat face down on the sidewalk. I thought it was dead, but when I went to put a leaf under it to move it off of the sidewalk it grabbed onto the leaf and hauled itself up! I put it in City Hall Park, and it was fine. It was adorable.
Winged kittens – perfect! (Why do you want to buy bat urine?)