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Bat House
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:10 pm
by onetrack
Has anyone made a Bat House? I'd like to attract more bats to my property. A search of this site did reveal a set of plans at
http://vbwhiz.isa-geek.net/plans/
Has anyone built this? Pics? Alternative designs?
Thanks,
onetrack
Paris ON CANADA
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:13 pm
by reddog5362
I built a bunch with some cub scouts as a project for a badge. They were built from precut kits. Really they were very simple. Basically a box without a bottom. The boards were rough sawn on one side ( the interior of the box) I think so the bats could get a better grip.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:48 pm
by reible
Hi,
You can build them but it is another thing all together to have them move in.
Despite our having a bat house up for years the only thing that moved in were yellow jackets (only 1 year).
I might give it another try as I have the box packed away, a little clean up and fresh paint....
My build was based on the plans found in this pdf:
http://dnr.state.il.us/education/classr ... ODPROJ.PDF
They are free and include squirrel houses, bird houses and of course a bat house.
Ed
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:01 pm
by Lodgepole
Here is a website with a variety of bat houses:
http://www.bat-houses.org
I have had over 200 Eagle Scout projects at Lake Cascade. Over 30 of these were bat houses. When I monitored these structures, the "Rocket Style" was the most successful.
bat house
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:18 pm
by berry
I made a couple many years ago. The bats never moved in? My recollection is I got plans from a book titled Woodworking For Wildlife.
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:36 pm
by onetrack
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll let you know which plan I decide to follow, and whether we have any luck attracting bats.
onetrack
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:39 pm
by JPG
berry wrote:I made a couple many years ago. The bats never moved in? My recollection is I got plans from a book titled Woodworking For Wildlife.
Maybe there were insufficient dings on the inside surface.
Huh?
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:21 pm
by fiatben
JPG40504 wrote:Maybe there were insufficient dings on the inside surface.
Care to elaborate on that a bit, Red?
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:00 pm
by BuckeyeDennis
fiatben wrote:Care to elaborate on that a bit, Red?
Just a guess here, but perhaps JPG thinks you are trying to attract "dingbats"???
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:36 pm
by JPG
BuckeyeDennis wrote:Just a guess here, but perhaps JPG thinks you are trying to attract "dingbats"???
They need something to hang on to so a few dings might help. Yes to the dingbats reference.