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Joe Spencer
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Posted: Wed Apr 30th, 2008 03:05 am |
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| A handsome site indeed! Looking forward to the future on this one...
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Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 05:12 pm |
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Here is the finished condo. It may not get much use this year but I'm expecting much occupancy in 2009!
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Joe Spencer
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 05:28 pm |
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NIce! Terry, I can't quite tell from the photo whether this finished product bottom is enclosed with drop down floors for cleaning or is it an open bottom? 
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Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 05:53 am |
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| Joe, it has trap doors which can be opened later when the bats leave in the fall. Whatever guano has accumulated can be cleaned out then.......I will post more pics soon!
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Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 03:26 pm |
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Here is another view of the finished condo:
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Joe Spencer
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 05:36 pm |
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Fantastic photo! So basically this is nearly identicle to the original erected by Cal Butchkoski? Does your finished product also have roosting partitions between the wall studs as below? No biggie since you certainly have a lot of thermal mass here with all that OSB. Do you know if this marsh dries up later in the season or does it provide enough drinkable water seasonaly?
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Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Wed May 14th, 2008 02:31 am |
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Joe, yes this is basically Cal Butchowski's design. The lumber list I gave to the sawmill came right from the PA game commssion's plans on their website. The conservation officer who got this project started has worked with Cal before. He said all the condos he has been involved with are full! What that means numbers wise I'm not sure.........I've got to ask him when I see him next. Kent said 3,000 is the highest number he's aware of roosting in a condo.
I'm not sure if they put baffles in the stud cavities or not........the previous photos in this thread show that they do not have them.........I will ask the next time I see the guys who built it.
The marsh probably does dry up during certain times of the summer........but this location is next to a very large stream (French Creek) of high water quality. A guy just down the road from here has a bat house and told me last summer he had around 200 little browns in it. This was probably about 1/2 mile away.
The very first day I came to look at this project a bald eagle flew out right past me..............it made me think of all the stories I had heard over the years about my Great Uncle and how much of an outdoorsman and naturalist he was..........
Last edited on Wed May 14th, 2008 02:34 am by Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Wed May 14th, 2008 08:18 pm |
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Based on your reply Terry, this sounds like a fantastic spot for occupancy. Since white nose fungus is primarily found in little brown bats and not big browns, it will be interesting to see whether you or anyone who inspects the house after occupancy can determine whether you see any indication of WNS in your bats at this site once you have a good amount of bats (as you say hopefully next year). Latest WNS outbreak is seen below. Since you said this site is in NW PA, hopefully you will be ok:
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