tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post115439501984903054..comments2023-05-05T06:30:46.525-04:00Comments on Asteroidea Press: Bat SchemaAsteroidea Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260523018938986888noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-1154398151847484352006-07-31T22:09:00.000-04:002006-07-31T22:09:00.000-04:00I empathize with your bat situation. I also get ba...I empathize with your bat situation. I also get bat visitors several times a year. [<A HREF="http://davidscrimshaw.blogspot.com/2005/08/wildlife-at-scrimchateau.html" REL="nofollow">Photo of one such visitor here.</A>]<BR/><BR/>Like yours, my bat schema involves putting on clothing before anything else. I also have a pair of thick winter work gloves for dealing with them. <BR/><BR/>I used to go with the opening a window and trying to guide them outside, but the last six bats wouldn't go for that option. <BR/><BR/>So I've been capturing them in various ways. A mid-air grab with a big sack is the most dramatic, but I really don't like it when they bump my head while flying past.<BR/><BR/>My grade 13 biology teacher said that their built-in sonar would prevent them from touching you, but he was misinformed.<BR/><BR/>Just now by following a link on Mag Ruffman's blog I came across <A HREF="http://www.nwf.org/backyard/bathouse.cfm" REL="nofollow">instructions on making a bat house</A>. Maybe this would be the way for us to go.David Scrimshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.com