A couple of years ago, we put up a bat house in our back yard. It has made this summer a lot less problematic because we don't have as many mosquitos. I was listening to the Larry Meiller show today on my local NPR station. A caller suggested that people challenge neighbors and friends to put up bat houses to save the declining population. White Nose Syndrome is killing off great numbers of bats. So I thought I would go ahead and put up a link or two to that. Hope you will take my word if you don't already have a bat house that they do not land on your head when they fly around at night but they do provide a welcomed relief from mosquitos. It's funny, before I moved to Wisconsin--I thought bats were gross and deer were adorable. Now, I am less fond of deer because they eat all of my favorite things in the garden and leave behind a lot of ticks-- but I love bats. I might be assimilating a little bit. Not completely. I remain a Chicago Bears fan and I would never cheer for the Packers.
Bat Conservation International 'Kids Cave'
http://batcon.org/index.php/all-about-bats/kidz-cave.html
Batcon.org is a good place for all information related to bats that people have been increasingly showing concern about and for people who want to save them.
Larry Meiller Show--you can listen to podcasts of earlier programs and I am guessing that in a couple of days the program I am listening to right now will be available through this link as well.
http://www.wpr.org/programs/larry-meiller-show
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