Bat in the Basement - Part 2

Judging from the fact that both bats have only made an appearance at night, I'm going to speculate that this species is nocturnal. As such, looking for the bat in the middle of the day today was probably a futile effort. I did figure out, thought, that there are a few places where a bat might be able to enter the duct work. Still no clue on how the bat got in unless through an open door! Maybe it got in while we were in Chicago....

A trip to the gym superseded watching the new Batman flick (probably just as well), and it will be delayed again with my brother down to visit. Oh well, there is always the weekend.

Bat in the Basement - Part 1

OK, so nearly a year to the day since my last encounter with a bat, and one is back in the basement. I was heading down to do some laundry, and just as I reached the landing VOOM! this black shape shows up out of nowhere. It's a little late, so I haven't figured out what to do in order to shoo the bat out of the house. I'm not sure that I want to open up the basement doors and let more in. (I'm assuming that there is only one in the house). Where is it getting in!?! I suppose this situation behooves me to finally put up insulation in the basement, and plug any drafts or points of entry. Here's to hoping that part two of this story is fairly uneventful.

And I was going to watch The Dark Knight tomorrow too. I had better have this situation dealt with by then, or I won't be able to make it back downstairs for a week! Now where is that metre stick?

Bat in the Belfry

Wow! So as I'm writing the last post and configuring the site a little, this dark mass swoops across the far side of the room. I glanced over to the wall where the shadow had passed, and as I turn my head a bat glides toward me! The bat and I played the old game: I want you out of the house, and you want to get out of the house...if only I could speak 'bat'. Well, with the door open, it was still flying around, so I attempted to make the area inhospitable with a meter stick, and then a walking stick. Fortunately for the bat, it flew out of the house before I could find my tennis rackets...

All in all and exciting night!