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What's outside of your picture window today?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Nov 9 8:02am | Replies (2396)Comment receiving replies
Thanks Lori, I'm thinking birds are better than bats if they get inside the house. Years ago not long after we moved to Mantorville we had left a garage door open in the summer and came back in the evening and our son jumped out of the car and ran into the house while we were unloading the car from shopping. After a few minutes he ran out of the house yelling there are birds flying around in the house. We got in the house to find 2 small bats flying from the living room to the dining room to the kitchen area through open areas. We spent about an hour or so ushering them outside with towels and tennis rackets. Never leave my garage door open in the evenings anymore 😜
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I don't mind watching bats but not in my house or garage.
At Carlsbad Caverns, I didn't think they'd ever stop coming out. I read during migration there are over a million in there.
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Aw, John - that's no fun!
Growing up, I belonged to a church built in 1857, with a parsonage almost a old. "Bats in the belfry" were a normal part of life - they made semi-regular appearances at Sunday Mass - very exciting for us kids to hear the ladies screaming and see them ducking as the ushers grabbed brooms to shoo them out. There was a broom at the back door to the parsonage - to sweep away the bats from the ceiling before opening the door - the housekeeper was deathly afraid.
Now we love to watch them swooping around our yard near the pond in the evenings - eating lots of mosquitos.
Sue