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Bats Save Lives
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Everyone needs to add bat houses. And from elders advice: get two. One in sun areas, and one in shade.
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Given the issues with white nose syndrome and other problems they can use all the help they can get.
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Built and Installed above the Deck several years ago.
Thinking on building another for above the Garage.
Gotta Like Bats.
Several Bird Houses, Feeders also, one Bath.
Thinking on building another for above the Garage.
Gotta Like Bats.
Several Bird Houses, Feeders also, one Bath.
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Gotta be there for our flying friends, day and night!
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I can't find the info. I leave it up to others to search out. It was a step by step on how to build the bat houses and where to locate them. Supervise-able locations a must was emphasized along with avoiding potential human contact with their feces. Kids using the houses as targets was problematic in many locations. Ambient noise another issue with bats being hypersensitive to sounds. Bat houses unpopulated near busy highways was mentioned.
The other aspect mentioned was the vast majority of problem insects are nocturnal thus latent persistent pesticides are used. During the day time most of the insects are beneficial so persistent pesticide use can cause more problems than they alleviate. But healthy bat populations can reduce the nocturnal insect populations dramatically to them only being a minor concern.
Try to do the research. I keep thinking it was University of Riverside, strongly connected to agriculture, that did that publication but that was decades ago. Probably a good place to start anyway.
Additional benefits of bats:
gardenculturemagazine.com
Precautions:
Compared to other animals, bats tend to carry more pathogens harmful to humans. Bats cluster together tightly in great numbers, so diseases have an opportunity to spread from host to host easier than they might with some other species. Bats also appear to have developed sophisticated defense systems that might help them survive various infections that would otherwise make a human host very ill or even die.
floridawildlifetrappers.com
Your snerk.
Worked next door to a bat guano processing operation. Bulk purchase and packaging center on a family land. Nearby they had a series of ponds where they raised exotic fish. That two little problems. The lady of their home introduced a water hyacinth to one of their filtering - settling ponds, well known to consume vast amounts of nitrogen - the anathema of keeping fish, turning the water into an acid bath.. And the exhaust duct from the guano packaging warehouse blew directly at that pond.
Long story short: "Come look." Given a tour of their ponds down at the end was... a pond? Maybe? Water hyacinth heaped almost waist high overflowing the pond, water invisible. On the plus side, the hyacinth is a composters dream come true. Starts rotting in hours out of water and produces a phenomenal amount of garden ready compost in a few days instead of the usual weeks.
Around here, rice growing central, the farmers are addicted to using ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Unfortunately they raise wet rice, flooded fields that drain back into the rivers and canals. The little problem is all the excess nitrogen draining off. The solution is every 4 or 5 years huge 'long front' excavators appear all over the country, the only efficient effective way to remove the water hyacinth. From water invisible under the growth to scorched earth canal and river clearing then back to choked waterways, around and around. The water in the river behind our house is hard to see now for all the water plants. I give it another year or two before a massive excavator pays a visit to our back yard.
And yes, we have lots of bats. Nearby deciduous forests. One of my favorite forms of entertainment during the termite swarming season. Vast clouds of termites under the street lights and in come the bats. Amazing aerial maneuvers and the swarms get thinned out to a few stragglers in a matter of hours.
The other aspect mentioned was the vast majority of problem insects are nocturnal thus latent persistent pesticides are used. During the day time most of the insects are beneficial so persistent pesticide use can cause more problems than they alleviate. But healthy bat populations can reduce the nocturnal insect populations dramatically to them only being a minor concern.
Try to do the research. I keep thinking it was University of Riverside, strongly connected to agriculture, that did that publication but that was decades ago. Probably a good place to start anyway.
Additional benefits of bats:
The Ultimate Guide to Bat Guano Fertilizer - Gardening Wiz
Are you aware of the immense benefits of bat guano as a natural fertilizer? Its high nitrogen content and nutrient-rich make-up has a substantial positive...
gardeningwiz.com
Bat Guano: The Superfood With A Bad Rap | Garden Culture Magazine
Bat guano is an organic superfood that helps gardens grow. But why does it have a bad rap? Rich Hamilton takes a closer look at bat guano.
gardenculturemagazine.com
Precautions:
Compared to other animals, bats tend to carry more pathogens harmful to humans. Bats cluster together tightly in great numbers, so diseases have an opportunity to spread from host to host easier than they might with some other species. Bats also appear to have developed sophisticated defense systems that might help them survive various infections that would otherwise make a human host very ill or even die.
Guano Dangers: Unseen Risks of Bat Droppings & Cleanup
Explore Guano and Histoplasmosis: Risks and Cleanup, a comprehensive guide about the frequency of related terms, their health implications, and safe removal methods.
floridawildlifetrappers.com
Bat Transmitted Diseases & Guano Risks
Potential diseases that can be contracted from bats and guano including Hystoplasmosis and and other related illnesses.
totalwildlifecontrol.com
Your snerk.
Worked next door to a bat guano processing operation. Bulk purchase and packaging center on a family land. Nearby they had a series of ponds where they raised exotic fish. That two little problems. The lady of their home introduced a water hyacinth to one of their filtering - settling ponds, well known to consume vast amounts of nitrogen - the anathema of keeping fish, turning the water into an acid bath.. And the exhaust duct from the guano packaging warehouse blew directly at that pond.
Long story short: "Come look." Given a tour of their ponds down at the end was... a pond? Maybe? Water hyacinth heaped almost waist high overflowing the pond, water invisible. On the plus side, the hyacinth is a composters dream come true. Starts rotting in hours out of water and produces a phenomenal amount of garden ready compost in a few days instead of the usual weeks.
Around here, rice growing central, the farmers are addicted to using ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Unfortunately they raise wet rice, flooded fields that drain back into the rivers and canals. The little problem is all the excess nitrogen draining off. The solution is every 4 or 5 years huge 'long front' excavators appear all over the country, the only efficient effective way to remove the water hyacinth. From water invisible under the growth to scorched earth canal and river clearing then back to choked waterways, around and around. The water in the river behind our house is hard to see now for all the water plants. I give it another year or two before a massive excavator pays a visit to our back yard.
And yes, we have lots of bats. Nearby deciduous forests. One of my favorite forms of entertainment during the termite swarming season. Vast clouds of termites under the street lights and in come the bats. Amazing aerial maneuvers and the swarms get thinned out to a few stragglers in a matter of hours.
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