We have wanted a bat house for years!  Way back to when we still lived in the city. We finally got one. Carol found a man on Ebay that makes them custom and for a VERY reasonable price. Here’s a few pics of the one we got.

It was under $20 shipped. We have a small family of bats living somewhere around here already. Hopefully they’ll move in.

We did some research and figured out the best place on the property to put it so that the morning sun hits it and they have clear access. It needed to be 12-15 feet up. We decided our big old maple tree was perfect.

After I mounted it, we cleared away some branches so they could have easy access in and out. Apparently when they leave, they like to free fall into a glide, so the branches had to go to make room. They are not good at just flapping their winds and flying away like a bird.

Here’s it is just before we trimmed the branches near it.