Welcome, Little Bat!

A week or so ago, we discovered that we had a little brown bat sheltering in our deck umbrella when we opened it to have a meal outside. He scrambled away and clung to the side of our venerable box elder tree for the rest of the day. That night, he went about his usual mosquito and insect feasting. The next day, we discovered him in our side door porch light, not a good place for him if we turned on the light and burned him. So we bought a bat house and hung it on the side wall of the house a few feet from the light. We don't use that side of the house often, and only a couple of times over the last 4 years after dark. Last night, at least 2 bats sheltered there (the cam recorded them). We are delighted! Neither of us is afraid of bats, and we both hate mosquitos, so it is a win-win for all of us. Here's a photo of our little bat house on the wall.