We had a Big Brown Bat in the house, flying around our living room, dining room, and kitchen.
I opened up three doors to the outside, and I *think* he flew out the door to the outside deck. He was a big fellow!
Bats are always a *serious* caution around here, due to rabies.
This fellow appeared to be very healthy, but *any* bite from a bat is *mandatory* rabies protocol, which is a fortune if insurance doesn’t pick it up.
See >> https://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-bite-at-hospital-will-kill-you.html.
And will insurance pick it up? Who knows?!
It seems we may have to shoot a few more insurance company executives to get a clear answer on that.
Big Brown Bats can over winter in homes, and I think this is the species that crawls up into the space between the outside brick and the shutters. The painters — nerves of steel — said they found bats behind nearly every shutter.
Bats, of course, are a great boon in terms of insect control, so I’m happy they’re about. I just need them on the other side of the walls.
Try putting up a few bat boxes, they do work and it looks like you have good tree coverage.
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