[Magdalen] Thanksgivings Past.

[Grace Cangialosi]

It's also a good idea for homes, especially in areas where bats have been sighted. I have a large one I need to put up. I'm going to put it on the outside of my shed.

> On Dec 1, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That sounds like an interesting idea, Grace.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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:
>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 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
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> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan