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Well, I've seen a lot of DINGbats around here, but not as many regular bats.
This would probably be a great year to put up a bat box. With all the standing water around from all the precipitation we had last winter and spring, I'll bet mosquitoes will be epic. They're already dense in the air at Connetquot, and it's not even June.
We used to live in Yaphank, and last year we saw bats.....they used to fly into the back of our house looking to make a nest. They made one the year prior up in our siding, and tried last year but for some reason they couldn't. They would just fly into the side of the house and fly away.
apparently the bats were a problem out there according to other neighbors
I live on the north fork and have all my life, as a kid there were definitely more bats than I see now, at one time you could literally see 15 - 20 bats all eating bugs in the early nite sky. we see two or three in our yard every nite sitting on our porch. funny thing is they generally stay around our yard, haven't figured out where they live tho, sadly I feel they are in a decline, less bats = more bugs
We've been wondering the same thing. Bats have become extinct from the night sky here in western Nassau County and it's very upsetting. We need these amazing creatures to eat up all the mosquitoes and other annoying insects.
Does anyone have the answer to this conundrum?
White nose fungus has nearly decimated the bat population in the entire northeast. They claim not to know the cause but anyone with a half a brain can figure out it's got something to do with mass mosquito sprayings. Bats are the biggest mosquito killers on the planet. Accidentally poison the bats and now we have to spray every year to fight West Nile. Brilliant politically motivated knee jerk ecology.
Yea, a decrease in bats and an increase in mosquitos. No suprise considering how many mosquitos a bat will eat in a night.
I installed a bat house this year, but no takers yet.
edit - mongoose didn't see your post - interesting theory
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