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IowaNate
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Posted: Fri Dec 7th, 2007 12:30 am |
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Each of these houses cost about $10 to make including screws, paint, and caulk. They weigh about 8 pounds a piece. So $40 builds 4 houses for my experiment...a small price to pay for some knowledge. They definately have the potential to house a few little browns if Terry Lobdell's observations are correct in little browns using 5/8" crevices.
Now we just have to wait untill mid April to see if bats like these new houses. These Eastern pipistrelles seem to be understudied in the USA, I want to see and do more research on them.
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KC5TPA
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Posted: Sun Dec 9th, 2007 08:50 pm |
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Keep us posted.
I'm doing some experimenting as well. Take a look at my PVC houses.
My bats are back in my wooden houses, which I was going to 'fix up' this weekend, but will have to wait now.
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Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 12:54 am |
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| Nate, on the subject of eastern pipestrelles, how did you I.D. them? I have been observing two very small bats roosting tight together the last couple weeks. They are almost always in a small south facing single crevice house. One time they were in a west facing house........I just don't ever remember 2 small bats like this roosting tight together. I'm starting to think maybe these are not little browns?
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IowaNate
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 07:54 pm |
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| The Eastern Pipistrelles are the same size or smaller than little browns, and the fur usually is yellowish instead of brown...but the biggest indicator is the reddish forearms. If you happen to see a little brown and a pipistrelle close to each other you will definately notice the differences in color of the forearms. I had the luck of getting within inches of both of the roosting pipistrelles to make a good I.D.
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Joe Spencer
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 02:14 am |
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Good identification feedback. 
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