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Bat House Workshop

In June 2008, the Redington NRCD and Redington Conservation Education Center held a bat house building workshop at the Cascabel Community Center. Twenty-three people attended and built 19 bat houses. Every bat house seems to have found a home.

Why build a bat house you might ask. Bats are part of an healthy environment, however, many bat species are in decline because of loss of natural roosts, among other things. You can help by putting up a bat house. According to Bat Conservation International (BCI), just one little brown myotis can catch a thousand or more mosquito-sized insects in an hour. They also can be of assistance in reducing garden pests. Cucumber and June beetles, stinkbugs, leafhoppers, cutworm and corn earworm moths are just a few of the many insects consumed by bats. 

A big thank you to all the enthusiastic participants for making this workshop a success. Stu Tuttle, wildlife biologist from the NRCS in Phoenix gave a powerpoint presentation on bats and answered questions. Eric Peitz of the Willcox NRCS was here to lend a hand. Thanks to NRCS for their support in putting together this workshop. Gene Troutner assisted in the workshop and supplied much of the equipment and knowledge for building. Maria Troutner prepared the lunch and was assisted by Lynn Ffolliott and Anna Lands.

If you  would like to build your own bat house, the Redington Conservation Education Center has handouts that you can use, including a plan for the construction of a single chamber bat house and criteria for successful bat houses. We also have a Bat House Builder’s Handbook and a DVD on Building Bat Homes that we will gladly loan out to individuals in the community. These materials are from Bat Conservation International. You can contact me at redingtonnrcdnews@yahoo.com  if you would like to borrow any of these materials. You can also read about BCI’s bat house program at http://www.batcon.org and click on Conservation Programs. A copy of the plans for the single chamber  house can be downloaded from BCI Website or  you can download a PDFof the plan  from here.

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