The Garage Provides
August 11, 2004
I've just had the pleasure of a visit from not one, nor two, but three bats. Nor were these like the cute dude who spent some time with me a while back. That bat was little, and very tired, and happy to be caught in a cup. (ABO)
Catching these bats required the assistance of an implement of science from the garage. Perhaps a butterfly net? Or miscellaneous bug net. Or even a bat net. I fetched it. The garage provides. (ABP)
I took my stance in the corner the room. Swing! One bat snagged and delivered to the outdoors. (ABQ)
I made ready for bat number two, but this one was wise to my ways. At the last minute it did what bats do and took a wild curve. The rim of my net encountered bat. Bat encountered bookshelf and lay, stunned. (ABR)
I was crippled by guilt. But the bat stirred and wiggled, and I scooped it into the net. Once outside, the bat flew away. (ABS)
Relief. (ABT)
Back inside the remaining bat was tired and large. I swung. I missed. I swung again. Missed again. Again I swung and the bat was retired, noisily, to the out of doors. (ABU)
Where did the bats come from? I don't know. (ABV)
But the garage provides. (ABW)
Comments
As a women who grew up in a bat attracting house, I can tell you that tennis rackets work really well too. Though it takes a careful hand...gentle lob rather then a service swing. Then you scoop them up on newspaper and remove them from the house. My brother could do the same thing with a broom but I never got the timing down on that one. (AIY)
Bats are like mice in that they can enter the building through an opening as small as a dime. Check the place out if you got 3 at once they are probably looking for a place to start a colony. (AIZ)
Oh and remember the Indiana Brown Bat is a protected species. DNR has a nice website about them. (AJ0)
As a women who grew up in a bat attracting house, I can tell you that tennis rackets work really well too. Though it takes a careful hand...gentle lob rather then a service swing. Then you scoop them up on newspaper and remove them from the house. My brother could do the same thing with a broom but I never got the timing down on that one. (AJ1)
Bats are like mice in that they can enter the building through an opening as small as a dime. Check the place out if you got 3 at once they are probably looking for a place to start a colony. (AJ2)
Oh and remember the Indiana Brown Bat is a protected species. DNR has a nice website about them. (AJ3)
There's a Legend of Zelda joke in here, but since you don't play those games... maybe some other people will read this and make the same connection. Just imagine Chris with a green hat and a bottle. (AJ4)