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Bat box

Posted on December 12, 2002

Question:
Hi chuck
I have just constructed a bat box and I am wondering what to put in it and where I should set it over night. Yours sincerely Jack Aldridge
Please email me back as soon as possible @ the following address
Colin@Aldridge81.fsnet

Answer:
There is nothing to put into bat boxes to attract bats to it. They must just find it and accept it as part of their habitat. In northern Indiana we hang them 13 feet high out of the way of daytime traffic. Good luck. It is a very worthwhile project you have started. Chuck.

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