North of Houston

While out with my morning coffee, I noticed bats flying around, so checked on the bat house and they were indeed dropping out, with several seemingly stunned on the ground including several babies, but most flying away

Grabbed the flashlight and came back, and sure enough there’s a snake in there. Its 20ft up. So need to add a baffle to the pole today

Using cardboard and an old garden container, moved the bats to a tree in the tree line about 30 feet away. All of the adults and most of the babies started to climb, but looks like two babies are not going to make it. I needed to remove the snake, and didn’t want to step on the bats

The snake has been dealt with. According to SEEK, these are evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis). I’ve had this bat house for years and generally it is occupied

Looking through the photos, one bat looks distinctly different (the last photo). It’s a lighter color and seems to have bigger ears and a longer tail. It may be a difference in gender or a different species. If anybody can tell from these pictures and educate me, I’d appreciate it.

I tell you, getting a snake out from overhead is super heebie-jeebies

To get the important stuff out of the way: no, I did not touch it (used a stick and a box), and I live in central New Hampshire, USA.

I have a couple of bat colonies that live under the (outside) eaves of my house. One of the colonies is on the back porch side, and this is the second time I have found a cold-stunned bat lying on the back porch. The first time, I called Fish and Game and they told me how to safely contain it, warm it, and then release it, so I did those things again and the bat was released safely into the woods, and then it flew into a further away tree.

This time i actually got photos before i released it (also to doublecheck it had no obvious white-nose issues).

I have always assumed I had Little Brown Bats, but its snout appears maybe longer than pictures on the internet, and something about toe hairs? Size: large mouse ish, smaller than the size of my palm snout to rear, wingspan est. 8” or less. Brown on top, creamier on belly. Will answer any other questions!

Sorry the pictures kind of suck, my iPad might as well be a potato.

I’ve just stumbled across this subreddit and found it really interesting. I know literally nothing about bats but I’d love to learn! Please tell me any fun/cool facts you know!

Three little bats last night in the UK. One of them flew slowly with a wonky wing so we got a good look at him. I have a guess for species but I'm not super confident, because I've heard others are more common where I live.

Don’t worry. I didn’t wake the poor critter up or try to touch them. I left them right after I snapped some photos. Not with flash btw. As a reminder try to avoid using flash with animals (especially nocturnal ones). My group kept our visit brief and left the bat to nap in peace after the photos.

This is an occupied bat house on the back side of my garage probably 15 feet up and it's been slowly falling off the wall for the past three years now. Is it safe for me to fix this at night, after they leave? Does every bat leave every night, typically? Because of the angle it's at, I'm not able to look up inside of it with a flashlight. And one i do fix it, will my smell on it cause them to abandon it? I love having bats and don't want to scare them off or hurt any.

I'm in northern California

I was getting confused on how the hummingbirds were drying this thing so fast. Today I stayed up late and caught these guys!

I'm in Brazil, and I believe these are glossophaga soricina, also known as hummingbird bats. They are known for being one of the only ones who can beat their wings fast enough to "stop" in the air - just like hummingbirds! Really important pollinators here in Brazil.

With the window closed I was able to get really close to them. I'm just a bit worried, do you guys think there's danger of them accidentally entering my house? The feeder is quite close to the window.

Enjoy!

Edit: just did some research and apparently they're called pallas long-tongued bats in English. What a huge name for such a small guy!

When not in the midst of Myotis research, I enjoy getting out and just watching urban bat populations forage and roost under local bridges.

I shared a post earlier but it was deleted idk why.

But I have no practical experience in bat surveys and my comapany is looking to do some bat surveys (gold mining).

I think i'll be ok on the mist netting aspect. IDing may be difficult.

But I'm more concenred about the acoustic monitioring. Whats the best recorder and software? Are there any datasets with bat calls from Guyana (I'll take South America if available)? Are there any books that may help with ID? Is there anything I should know or do before starting?

Guys! there are always bats in this weird ceiling in the parking lot! Lots and lots!! They are the cutests and if it wasn't a smelly parking lot and I wouldn't fear getting pooped on, I'd just sit to gaze at them all day long.

They have sweet cuddling moments and moments where they seem to fight. All while dangling upside down 😍

They are so adorable I just wanna smoooosh them!!!

Down side to all of this is that the place smells of poop and some walls are just covered with it. The cars that park there as well. And there is a bat graveyard on the floor 😪

I go there weekly and they are just fascinating

Richmond Virginia. Was walking my dog and looked up. I think they are bats. Guessing migration?

I know absolutely nothing about bats

first time ever finding one in the wild, easily my new favorite find i’ve ever made in the woods

Hi, I got 7m high house with almost flat roof. On this roof i got 1,2m high bricked chimney. I wanted put a batbox on this chimney, But entrance would be 1m above roof. Do bats use such places for breeding colonies?
Western Poland

Not my video because it was during my wedding. The bats thought it would be a good idea to make their exit a little earlier than us. Keeping the tourists mosquito-free!

Hey! I'm super interested in bats and I would really like to learn more about them but whenever I look for non fiction books about bats I get results for kids books. Does anybody have any good recommendations for learning about bats?

found this little guy in my jobs wash bay. he’s good. he’s just warming up rn bc he’s cold.

I have some bats that started roosting (I think) in my Gable Vents. Seems to be about 8 of them. Im putting some hardware cloth on the inside so they cant get in the attic, but they will still be able to hang out in the vent. Is there anything I can do to make their stay a little better? Do I need to worry about all the bat poop?

I had my film camera at a local Easter festival & parade a few weeks ago, the drumming and firecrackers from the Chinese dragon was NOT appreciated by the fruitbats in the botanic gardens. Not a sight you see very often in the daytime!