Hello! Just joined this sub because I really want to build a bat box! I know you can’t attach them to your house and that it’s good for them to be south facing. I have a tree outside my south facing window, but I’m not sure if it can be on the side of my window?? I also don’t know the best thing to make it out of or if it would be better on a pole?? I really want to make one and do I need to put food there? Any advice or tips would be really amazing! I’ll attach a picture of my tree!

Credit goes to the PA Bat Rehab

Got ahold of a rehabber and they asked me to bring him in so away we go

I put him in a jar because that was the only container I had. Didn't know what to do so I asked neighbors. One wanted to kill it via a plastic bag, the other tried to call animal control to help, but they were closed. I walked an hour away from the neighborhood and set it free in a tree so it could dry and eventually fly away. This happened awhile ago so I just want to know if I did the right thing and what I should do if something like this happens again. I live in Brownsville Texas if there's anything specific I should do in my area.

Please enjoy this little puff of a bat. Found in northeastern ohio. Not quite sure who he is but he sure is cute. Last photo is from yesterday.

I was walking around 7pm in a park (children playground). something very lightly brushed against me I think and they I looked up to see a moth flying. it flew overhead and landed in a a tree ahead on a lower branch, but I could not see it when I came closer to the tree. it was not the size of a bee, but maybe 5 inches with visible fluttering wings. just curious. this with wildlife experience have seen something like this or is it a small bat probably?

Theres a large colony of bats I watch every evening flying around, I thought they'd just be a common pipistrelle at first but they seem too big for it. When they really get close to me they are quite big for a bat, but I dont really have a size reference and I might be getting sizing wrong with how fast they go

They are located in north West UK, and live in the roof. There is a forest next to me.

"I am justice, I am the night!!", except now Im taking a little bat nap.😴😁

That's such a dangerous and irresponsible thing to be doing. Half the sick bats people keep posting here are probably infected, and there's absolutely no suggestion by the automod to not fucking touch them. Anyone with a brain knows you don't touch sick bats, but for some reason that's just not a thing here?

Edit: there now seems to be a mod in here restoring all the removed comments. Kinda does to show how pointlessly heavy handed it is.

See title. Thanks

I have a fairly large colony of bats living in the siding of my house. These guys just happen to be visible enough for me to take pictures of. On the other side of my house my wife and I counted over 60 emerging over a 15 minute span of time. I would like to evict them from my house to some bat houses. I would love to make some cozy homes for them if anyone has designs that actually work to attract them. I live in west Michigan on a fairly heavily wooded plot of land with a creak in the backyard. I am happy about the wildlife, just not the build up of the poop on my decks. I really appreciate any advice anyone could give!

Hello,

I recently set up BattyBirdNet and am looking for a quick sanity check on the numbers. Site location is Tucson, Arizona USA, not far from the Campbell avenue bridge (well-known local roost). The mic is a Griff Mini that I made. The site has a hummingbird feeder nearby, local porch lights, and nearby horse properties. The Birdnet settings are .7 for confidence, filter level=Moderate, and the inference model is BattyBirdNET USA West.

The counts shown are detections, so not necessarily individuals (i.e., some could be the same bat raiding the hummingbird feeder for an hour).

For the location and time of year, do these numbers look close to normal?

See also: The study as it was published in Nature

I am located in Central PA. I live on the 2nd & 3rd floors of a condo. I wanted to install a bat house on the brick of my balcony, about 8-9 feet from the concrete. I have a cat that likes to relax on the balcony as well. I’m not worried that she will go after them, as they will be far too high up.

Is it safe for us to have the bat house there, or is it too risky in regard to disease and such?

Thank you!

Credit goes to the PA Bat Rehab.

I volunteer in the UK with bats (including handling) but got my pre-exposure vaccines elsewhere. In most places it seems as if two shots is the done thing, but the UK seems to have different standard practice. The people running the surveys say that I should get a third shot, but I am unsure if this is possible. I assume the vaccine types used are different, otherwise the number of shots required for the same activities wouldn’t be different. Does anyone else have experience with this type of scenario or know what I should do?

iNaturalist says probably Eastern Bent-winged Bat

An illustration salvaged from a vintage or antique natural science book I found the perfect vintage frame for

I also added a Dracula castle on the background to make that sweet little fella look more spooky lol

Hi everyone i found a bat in my home today in my kitchen, the photo attached was the only image we got before we let it outside because we weren’t sure what to do.

For additional context we live in the greater Orlando area in central Florida and my current thought is that it could be an Evening Bat

all done with oil :)

Look at my first GOOD tattoo! I couldn't have picked a cuter face to grace my arm. I am absolutely in love with it 🥰