People always think of bats as being a scary animal. Bats are probably by far one of the coolest animals we work with. It is not the bat itself that is often the coolest part of the job, but what you see when working with them. We were working on a very large church in Charleston, WV that had a fairly large bat problem.This church was your normal building with a flat roof. We decided to do a little "stake out" to see where the bats were coming out. At dusk we situated ourselves on the roof and waited. We didn't have to wait long and the bats started zooming out of one particular part of the roofline.
After about 70 bats we stopped counting and just watched as they all dropped out of the roof. Bats cannot take off like a bird so they must drop and then spread their wings. The cool part of this job was inspecting the ceiling (there was no attic) and the areas behind the stage. There were huge speakers on both sides of the stage for the organ and years of stuff stored everywhere.
Being a Wildlife Pro affords you the opportunity to go where no one else is allowed to go. You pretty much have free reign of the project and the run of the place. We found another area above this stained glass window that the bats were entering. A tiny crack about the size of a mortar joint. That is all they needed! (Notice the guano on the window sill.) You will see all sorts of stuff in attics, crawlspaces, barns and outbuildings. You just never know what you will find. I just hope you don't find a mannequin dressed up like Cher like I did...it was sort of...hmm...creepy!
If you have a wildlife conflict in your home or building, give the professionals at A All Animal Control a call!
