[Magdalen] Thanksgivings Past.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Judy, I wonder if you've considered putting up a couple of bat houses outside near the eaves? They'd probably prefer that, since they could pack in tightly there and be warmer.

On November 30, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

To head back to the original topic, Thanksgiving remembrances, for several
years our family was to big for our house, so we borrowed the church parish
hall, had Thanksgiving dinner there and invited friends.  Twice that
celebration was interrupted by bats.  Once my son John caught a bat in his
jacket and ushered it outside.  The parish has consulted an exterminator.
He reports that unless we close every opening in the church, even very
small ones, the bats will return.

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like our blacksnakes. They hang around the workshop mostly but
> occasionally I see them on or around the porch. Now and then we startle one
> another. As long as they eat mice and stay outside, we're cool.
>
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/30/2014 2:34:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com writes:
> >
> > "there  are no bats in this church", >>>>
> >
> > There have been several epidemics of the fungal disease that
> > mimics tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, in groups that have participated
> > in bat guano removal from church attics and steeples --- a true
> > "Bats in the Belfry" situation.
> >
> > A fair proportion of USA Midwesterners test positive for endemic
> > exposure to histoplasmosis fungi.
> >
> >
> >
> > David S.
> >
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan