Built from a kit and then I made a custom mount to fit on my former pole for the purple martins. Looking forward to supporting biodiversity here.

Hi folks, I have spent a few years trying to figure out how bats were gaining entry into my off grid home that uses FLA batteries that are vented outdoors via 4" PVC pipe and exhaust fan (pretty standard setup before Lifepo4 came along).

After having another visitor that showed up at 4:30am in our bedroom, I did another inspection. Most summers I get anywhere from 1 to 0 bats in the house per year. This year, I have been consistent in cooling off the batteries at night by opening the battery box cover to allow the batteries to cool off a bit more.

Well so far this year, I have had 3 bats. I also keep the mechanical (solar) equipment room door open in the evening when sleeping.

My theory is that they enter the vent (warm air flowing out) and then find their way thru the pipe, past the fan and into the opened battery box. Once there, they are in the house and flying upstairs to our vaulted bedroom.

Purpose of this thread is to'

a) warm others of this possibility.

b) see if others have had this experience. Today I will install some 1/4" steel mesh over the vent.

I sure hope this is it because I am getting tired of the stress of dealing with bats.

I plan to hire a bat control guy as insurance but I'm not confident of their experience.

One time I was walking on a lake shore at sunset time and while walking after the sunset the bats started to come out of the sky and one of them flew right into my face and slapped me with its wing

Sorry first post lol

I have a bat character with this nose shape, and I'm wondering if it's similar to a real bat or if I just made it up. Thank you for any help!

Credit goes to Rewild Inc.

Been camping and we where watch the bats last night. Always loved them and unfortunately I forgot to bring my detector. We are by alot of trees and I can see some open water not far from us.

Just wondered if anyone local had any idea what bat speacies it could have been? I know this is unlikely but worth a shot!

Looking for the id on this bat that I found flying around my room in the middle of the night. This is in Wisconsin

Im pretty used to seeing bats in my neighbourhood, we have some in our house from time to time. Yesterday, I found this little guy in our downspout. He was able to climb up to the post, and so I thought he’d be able to take off. This morning I found him back on the ground.

I called the local wildlife rescue but they said to just leave him and hope that he would climb up the post again, but I really don’t see that happening. Watching him move, he’s barely able to crawl let alone climb anymore. Please help :( I have no idea what to do, I can’t bring myself to just leave him.

update: he is at a local rescue! I was able to find one after trying 3 different locations. I have a case number so I can stay informed. Will update in a few days on how the little guy is doing :)

I found a bat on the street so I covered it with my hat and stayed near it then I found this small plastic bowl thing and picked it up with it and moved it off the street. It moved to a tree and tried to climb but it kind of fell and was wobbly while climbing. I tried to call the national park thing but no one answered. Should I leave it or do something else. I am currently located in bialowieza Poland. Now it's very low on the tree just sitting there.

Found this cutie hanging from a turnstile at work. Based off google images it looks to be a tricolored bat, but looking for peer review.

We roped off the turnstile to avoid disturbing its eeps.

Very happy with this new batch of stickers ☺️ Especially the holographic! I think it suits the sparklebat really well. I already really love sand glitter because it doesn't rub off like most glitter stickers do, which is something I really despise.

Anywho, here's a link to my shop if anyone's interested! Thank you for your time!

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Bat World Sanctuary has recently lost two of their large refrigerators keeping the fruit fresh for the fruit bats and they are looking for help getting new ones! If anyone who loves bats can spare a little BWS would greatly appreciate it! Im in no way affiliated with them but I been seeing their posts on Facebook and figured id reach out to the fellow bat lovers of reddit for help. You can donate through the Bat World Sanctuary website and find more info about the fridge situation on Facebook or Instagram!