BackyardStyle Lawn, Garden and Pond » Bat Houses http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog Garden Product Reviews Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:11:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Give The Old Bat A New Home For The Holidays http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/12/give-old-bat-new-home-for-holidays.html http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/12/give-old-bat-new-home-for-holidays.html#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0000 admin

A New Home for the Holidays:

Heath Bat House offers fabulous layout with plenty of room for friends and family

Last week, Purdue University announced that they would be auctioning the naming rights to seven newly discovered bats ( and two turtles). The bidding for one name is expected to start at around $250,000.00.

The University has suggested that naming a bat after a relative, friend or even yourself, would make an excellent holiday gift idea. So, if someone on your holiday list resembles a tiny, golden hued, insect eating, winged creature, this truly could be THE gift that keeps on giving.

Backyard Style would like to suggest that if you are considering dropping a quarter of a million dollars on a name for a bat, you may want to buy a bat house as a keepsake for your beloved. If that special someone is honored at the thought of a bat as their namesake, they would really enjoy giving shelter to all bats in the privacy of their own backyard.

The Bat House by Heath makes a great home for bats because of its incredible layout and extra room for entertaining guests. This bat house features a single chamber which can hold a dozen or more bats. The chamber depth of 1.38 inch combines with a 3.5 inch landing platform, creating the perfect sized home for a small group of bats. A 0.38 inch ventilation gap across the front ensures proper air circulation and ventilation within the abode.

This fabulous and spacious bat home is crafted from redwood, and is most effective when mounted approximately 15 feet above the ground facing the south or southeast. The hardy wood construction of the Heath Bat House will withstand several seasons and make a cozy home for all bats.

Common bats that use this house include:

  • big brown,
  • cave
  • eastern pipistrelle
  • evening
  • little brown
  • Mexican free-tailed
  • northern long-eared
  • pallid
  • Pallas‘ mastiff
  • Rafinesque’s big-eared
  • Yuma bat

The capacity of the Heath Bat House is 12 or more bats. It’s dimensions are 11.5″ W x 2.5″ D x 16.25″. The bat house be mounted to a tree, building or pole. Comfortable and cozy for any species of bat, this incredible home can be purchased with 0% interest, 0% financing at http://www.backyardstyle.com/.

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