Ever since I was a very young kid, I've loved animals that most people are afraid of. Snakes, lizards, frogs, spiders, bats, bugs, you name it. When I was 6 or 7, I had a plastic bat from Halloween that I'd carry around and pretend was my pet.
My grandma lives in a wooded, mountainy area of California and has a bat house, but no one ever moved in, in all the years she's had it. Since we've been working hard on our yard, I brought up the idea of getting a bat house. We searched online for kits and such, but the cheapest houses were $15 PLUS 10 in shipping. So then we decided to check the Farm and Fleet website and found one! So we checked and our local store carries them! So off we went, and bought one.
Since then, Mike has become very interested in bats. It's so cute. He's researching them and really likes them now.
Bats really are amazing, though. One brown bat can eat several thousands of mosquitoes in one night. Can you imagine how overrun the world would be with pesky flying insects if it weren't for bats? When we were at Mike's parents, I was sitting out front with his dad and his neighbor. I told them about the bat house we had just bought, and his neighbor asked why on earth I would do that. Bats are so misunderstood. I think they're super cute and I understand how amazing they are.
I'm hoping we'll get some little guys moving in this summer, but I'm not holding my breath, because it can take up to three years for bats to become interested, that is, if they come at all. But we have a bird bath very close by, which always attracts mosquitoes, so hopefully, the bats will come, too.
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