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CoyoteCA
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Posted: Mon Oct 4th, 2004 05:18 am |
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I live in Inland Southern California and I'm in the process of gathering information for Bat Houses. Can anyone give me some information or links to Bat Houses in Southern California. Specifically I'm interested in:
What outside colors work best for houses (July/Aug Temps can be low 100's)?
How much ventilation is required?
Is it better to have double back to back houses Oriented N to S to allow colony to move around for best comfort?
Do Bats in this area leave for the Winter or Stay around?
(Winter temps can sometimes be in the high 20's at night, 60's day)
Are there any special considerations for the Santa Ana winds that we get several times a year?
Thanks.
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Posted: Tue Oct 5th, 2004 03:57 am |
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The Oregon wedge bat house has proven successful in areas where daytime temps are over 100 f.
You may want to check out Marvin Maberrys website http://www.maberrybat.com.
The Maberry "Belfry Tower Ext." has been used by Pallid bats.
If you are going to place one or two bat houses , back to back placement works well. Usually facing east and west.
When placing 3 or more houses I prefer to use two posts with stringers and mount the houses facing east.
The Oregon wedge houses do not have vent slots.
Where the daytime temps are in the 100's the Oregon wedge has proven more successful than the rocket box or 3 chambered BCI design.
I have talked to a man near Lockerwood , Calif. who wanted some bat house designs.
I recommended to start with the Oregon wedge and a rocket box. These are probably the 2 best designs to start with.
The bat houses I am constructing now I do not use any vents slots, prefer 2x lumber to control the internal temps.
Don't want to make a long post - but if you would like some plans and info on bat houses trials that are being conducted in your area, I will give you my phone no. call and give address to send plans and info. to.
Kent Borcherding
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Posted: Wed Nov 3rd, 2004 04:53 pm |
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Thanks Kent, I would appreciate getting information and types of houses being used by others in my area.
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Posted: Wed Nov 3rd, 2004 11:43 pm |
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Kent is on the right Track with your potential bat house requirements. Bat houses in your area are more successful when painted a light/medium shade. BELOW is the BCI bat house color chart LINK. Match it to where you live geographically. East/West orientation is a great way to go. Others in climates like yours have had success with protecting the bat house roofs with a Tin roof mounted above the bat house which protects from overheating essentially shading the upper roof area of the back to back houses. Also I have just built two SOFFIT houses one of which is double the weight and thermal mass of the other because I'm experimenting with a rather new product called "hardibacker":
Just built a soffit bat house from above product here posted:
http://www.batnic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=429#429
The soffit bat house I built contains uses above as partitions but as Kent mentioned he might use it for the outside area of bat house. Regardless the thermal mass is increased by this concrete product. To ease mounting you can build the bat house and place each 1/4" thick section in separately or build the entire core/partitions and slide them into bathouse. You might want to consider something like this which might be suitable for your extremes in temps in your area. ANYWAY here is color chart, click URL below:
http://www.batcon.org/bhresearcher/bv4n2-7.html
And the temps for your area?:
Average Winter High Temperature 56.4 degrees 41.18 degrees
Average Winter Low Temperature 41.9 degrees 22.80 degrees
Average Summer High Temperature 95.8 degrees 86.46 degrees
Average Summer Low Temperature 55.5 degrees 62.23 degrees
Average Annual Precipitation 16.6 inches 38.69 inches
Air Quality Index 11.0 44.69
ALSO check out Southern California Bats BELOW maybe that has help as well:
http://www.southcaliforniabats.com
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