Out of the corner of my eye I spotted something moving swiftly while I was sewing in my studio today. It was, to my surprise .... a swooping bat! Not one to panic, I immediately thought I had to find a way for him to get back outside. I took a screen off a window but it didn't go near the window, just kept swooping wildly.... then landed on a shelf and looked at me. I opened the front screen door and held it open while ... er... um... hiding behind it. Soon the bat swooped out the door and was gone. Whew!
It was a very handsome bat. Rich brown furry body with black ears and wings... wingspan was about 8" - 9"..... it is called "Little Brown Bat." Eats mosquitoes. You gotta love 'em for eating mosquitoes.
My husband's woodworking shop is in the same building and he always works with the utility doors wide open with no screen doors .... easier to move the large projects in and out! That's the only way we think a bat could possibly get in. I haven't seen a bat since third grade. I attended a two room rural school with, yes, a belfry. The rope hung down in the entrance hallway and occasionally the teacher would let one of us swing on the rope to ring the bell. One day a bat was loose in our classroom. The teacher grabbed a broom and calmly guided it out the front door. Thank you, Mrs. Gregory, for being such a wonderful example to us all.
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I'm glad you kept your cool and guided the bat out, Pat. Bats are so beneficial and their numbers are declining. I would have been worried it had rabies as they are nocturnal. I wonder how he got inside your house?
I am not so brave after the fact. Am sending my husband searching again today checking for any possible entrance sites. We have many bats here... perfect habitat with heavily wooded hills around an inland lake. They are neat to watch at late dusk.
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