Other things that fly and squeak in the night

Bats, in particular.

I was at Wild Birds Unlimited in Burien,and came across this brochure on bat habitat. I often see these guys flitting around Scenic Hill in Kent, eating as many mosquitoes at they can find. They are fun to watch in the dusk. I tried putting up a bat house once, several years ago, but the roaches got in their first.

So I plan to try again this spring, after they come out of hibernation or return from migrating south. There is some more information on this at the Organization for Bat Conservation.

Picture of a big brown bat, courtesy of the University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology.