tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306332704979876457.post1707711104226161284..comments2023-04-03T07:15:56.101-07:00Comments on Sit For A Spell w/SunTiger: Seattle's Home & Garden ShowSunTigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06598114139320753890noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306332704979876457.post-5499986962054912009-02-23T17:31:00.000-08:002009-02-23T17:31:00.000-08:00Wow...we have more bats than I had known about. I ...Wow...we have more bats than I had known about. I would like to build or buy a habitat for my backyard. Do you recommend a certain kind? I know you like that rocket one. I would like to look at that if I can bother you for more info. Thanks for all the info. you have already given me....about everything. :)Hibiscus Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07549023191867257376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306332704979876457.post-64078649168618174202009-02-22T20:36:00.000-08:002009-02-22T20:36:00.000-08:00Kit ~ It's amazing -- but the National Wildlife As...Kit ~ It's amazing -- but the National Wildlife Association reports that one small brown bat can consume up to 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour. I sure would not want to do anything to send a bat AWAY. :D (Thanks for your interesting comment).<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hibiscus Moon ~ You have a lot of the same bats we do here in Washington state (with exception to your yellow bat). Here's a link to Southern Florida Bats: http://www.floridabats.org/FloridaBats.htm<BR/><BR/>The University of Florida also published this bit of info: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW053<BR/><BR/>{Hope these websites help as a good starting point).SunTigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598114139320753890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306332704979876457.post-54729445617785242192009-02-22T15:40:00.000-08:002009-02-22T15:40:00.000-08:00SunTiger, what is the best way to go about finding...SunTiger, what is the best way to go about finding out more about my local bat species and providing habitat for them here in South Florida?Hibiscus Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07549023191867257376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306332704979876457.post-6147336538175839312009-02-22T13:15:00.000-08:002009-02-22T13:15:00.000-08:00The photos are beautiful, even if they don't do th...The photos are beautiful, even if they don't do the show justice. Thanks for sharing!<BR/>My brother and his wife put up bat houses when they were planning to seal-up the opening allowing the bats into their attic. Even so, once they sealed the attic they sealed the attic they had a lot more mosquitoes than ever before.KIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870022726964908607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306332704979876457.post-10419054545996907062009-02-22T09:33:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:33:00.000-08:00Or . . . maybe you love bats because they're anato...Or . . . maybe you love bats because they're anatomy is very much like ours (solid bones w/marrow, they breast-feed their young and only produce one offspring per birthing season). What's more -- being like us -- they manage to fly by their own power. {{Hmmmmmm.}}SunTigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598114139320753890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306332704979876457.post-21533315076682327582009-02-22T08:44:00.000-08:002009-02-22T08:44:00.000-08:00I have always loved bats for reasons beyond my com...I have always loved bats for reasons beyond my comprehension.<BR/><BR/>Must be because they eat lots of insects....<BR/><BR/>Elaborate houses I must confess. <BR/><BR/>BobbyFijufichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626543577510367007noreply@blogger.com