I woke up yesterday morning about 4:30 and could see a blob out my bedroom window... it was still dark so a little hard to tell what it was. As the sun came up, I went back upstairs to see and from a distance, it kind of looked like a frog. I thought, How the heck did a frog get to the 2nd floor and wedge himself between the screen and the window???
Yes the screen was pulled down about 2 inches.. but still. As I get closer, I realized it was a bat!! A baby bat but still a bat. So.. last night about quarter to seven I went up and he was moving.. very little. My houseguests and I all gathered in my bedroom to do the bat watch.
He would make slow movements.. shuffle his position a lil. Then just hang. At one point, we all thought he was going to make a break after slowly climbing to the top of the screen.. nope.. he slowly re-hung himself upside down. Stretching.. yawning... He really was taking his time waking up. 8:00 hits and you'd have thought the coffee kicked in. Boom bamn! He was up and at the top of the screen, leaned over then flew off. Aunt Flo.. said hurry shut that screen before he comes back.. we all discussed while watching, how he got there, why he was there, will he get sunburned. I joked that I bet all his bat friends prob. thought he'd met with an untimely death.. being "out" all day!
Well, I had to know if it was an accidental thing or not.. so I left the screen. I get up this morning about 5.. sure enough, he's back!!
Luckily he didn't bring any friends. I'm calling all my friends who have little kid's to come over tonight and watch him. It is quite facinating to get such an up close view. You can see everything very well.
In the mean time, I think I will go buy a bathouse and hang it over there... maybe between the 2 windows.. I really don't know for sure but the lil guy can't be moving in.. I do like to open that window.
I must say I was surprised he was back, I really thought the 1st night was just a fluke. I sure wish I could get in his head for 5 minutes so I could know what on earth posessed the guy to pick my winow screen for his new home.
That is so cool, thankfully your not the type to flip out about it. Bats need more friendly places.