More From Oklahoma - I Don't Like Bats...But Everyone Needs A Home

Day 303.
More From Oklahoma - I Don't Like Bats...But Everyone Needs A Home

Ok, this item is a little outside my norm because of it's intended use. I found a custom builder of bird houses in Oklahoma and thought they were very cute, made in the USA and perfect for this blog...

http://www.birdhousesbymark.com/

...but after exploring his site a little more I found bee houses and, what is this...bat houses?!

http://www.birdhousesbymark.com/bathouses.shtml

I have never had a fondness for bats. Years ago I was living in an apartment and looked up to find a sleeping bat had attached itself to my curtains. I screamed, ran into the next room where I locked myself in and called the landlord downstairs, insisting that he come up and let himself in because I was not leaving that room until the bat was gone. I have no idea what happened in my apartment in the minutes that followed, but there as plenty of ruckus and odd noises...coming from both my landlord and the bat...but when all was said and done the bat was humanely removed from my apartment. Whew! Some years later we had a similar episode where another bat chased both my husband (fiancé at that point) and my landlord out of the apartment...I think one of them was armed with a tennis racket, but the bat still seemed to have the leg up that time. Anyhow, here's my point...I don't like bats, but if you want them around you might as well put up a bat house like these built by Mark. If not, buy yourself a bird house and welcome the creatures of your choice to visit instead!

Good luck Kelsey Griswold!