Bats & How to Attract Them to Your Yard
Event Ended- Where
- Wild Birds Unlimited - 12204-107 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta View Map
- When
- Ages
- 6 - 96
- Website
- https://edmonton.wbu.com/content/show/128825
- Contact
- wbuedmonton@gmail.com 587-521-2473 (Dave Cleary)
This free drop-in event will give you a chance to find out about bats in our area. Some of the topics covered include:
do we get bats in Edmonton?
-how do I get bats out of my buildings?
-do they eat insects and how efficient are they at reducing a yard area’s worth of mosquitoes?
-where should I place a bat house?
-how high off the ground should I place my bat house and how should it be oriented?
-what direction should the house face?
-do I need to paint it black (or does stain work better and more safely?)
-what is the status of White-nose Syndrome for bats in Alberta?
what kind of bats do we get here – size, numbers?
are there diseases associated with bats (rabies, hystoplasmosis, etc)?
and more….