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BatMan
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Posted: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 01:38 am |
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| I have a 1000 gallon koi pond 16x10, just feet from it. The next door neighbor has a pool in their back yard and the nearest "big water" is a lake a little over a 1/4 mile away.
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BatMan
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Posted: Thu Dec 6th, 2007 12:33 am |
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| Is there a rule of thumb to how much you can disturb the bats with a small flashlight ?
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IowaNate
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Posted: Thu Dec 6th, 2007 12:53 am |
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| From my experience, once a day for less than 20 seconds doesn't seem to affect them. I used to check my big browns in the summer with a flashlight everyday within a foot from the house and it didn't bother them. Once a large colony of little browns was established in my nursery houses, they didn't mind the light being shined at all.
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BatMan
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Posted: Thu Dec 6th, 2007 05:01 pm |
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| Gotcha, thanks Nate Last edited on Fri Dec 7th, 2007 06:47 pm by BatMan
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BatMan
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Posted: Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 11:08 pm |
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| I now have 4 bats in my rocket (square), apparently gained one over the past couple days. They have been here since late Nov. My questions is this- Do you think I have a small nursery colony or just 4 bachelors ? I still do not know the exact species.
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Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Thu Apr 24th, 2008 01:06 am |
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| Batman, that is a good question that I often wonder myself.......my guess is if they are roosting tight together they may be females........if they are roosting apart within the bat house they may be males but that is only my guess..........last summer my big brown colony split up and started roosting in 2 different bat houses.........on one occasion there were four females with one pup each in a bat house.......the other bat house had 12 females with pups........why they did that I do not know.......
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BatMan
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Posted: Thu Apr 24th, 2008 01:36 am |
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| Thanks Terry, yes they are always tight together in the inner most south facing chamber and always at the top.
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