This little one was chilling on my front step early this morning, which seemed strange to begin with already. I had since left for approximately 7 hours in which it was exposed to the sun and returned to find it hadn't moved in the interim. I cut it some small apricot slices and put out water, both of which it was completely uninterested in. It then began raining fairly hard and still the little one wouldn't move other than the fast breathing one could associate with any rodent. At this point I carefully placed it in the above box where it is yet to make a move. It measures around 6cm and seems unhurt but exhausted. I'm completely unsure of the species or what to do and would highly appreciate any advice.

I live in central Ohio and my wife was getting the mail at 11:00 PM. Something flew into her forehead and she’s worried it was a bat. The temperature is 27° F with a windchill that makes it feel like 14°. It’s been this cold and windy all day. How likely is it that it was a bat? The animal was on the mailbox and she didn’t see it well enough to know what it was. The mailbox has a wood housing around it and there is space around the metal mailbox that would enable something to get in there. We also found a long cylindrical poop on top of the metal mailbox from where the animal flew. The poop looks more like bird than bat.

I found this guy sleeping in my kitchen

I'm in MD USA

I'm working on an acoustic ID project and I'm looking for a library of bat sound files with known ID to practice with, preferably .WAV files. Specifically species of Minnesota (which overlap with most of the northeastern US and Canada). I know of the NAbat training set but for some reason several of the species files won't allow me to download (says they cannot be found and cannot generate a download link). If anyone knows of an additional sound library, free training resource, or troubleshooting tips for the NAbat files, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!

Thanks in advance for some help with this one! I'm not so good with IDing bats, and saw these cute little guys at the National Park in Manuel Antonio - would love to know what kind they are!

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hi! I love bats and want to put a bat house on my house. could it go between the top left and middle window? is there enough clearance with the add-on part underneath?

Found this bat on the ground, still alive. We transported it outside on a magazine. Wingspan measured about 22-24ish cm. This was in the Netherlands, if that helps.

I’m nervous that the reason the bat sounds distressed with scratching, fluttering, and squeaking is because it’s either trapped in the wall or fighting for space with another bat. Would it be attracted to the light from the hole because the light signifies an exit and potential access to food/water, or do bats strongly dislike bright light enough that the bat would avoid it?

A solitary bat was resting or sleeping around my roofline in Oceanside in the evening . In the morning, I noticed its droppings. I had a wildlife removal come check it out. He said it was the largest bat droppings he has seen. He almost didn’t think it was a bats initially until he saw how it crumbled when touched. He also said most bat droppings are the size of rice. These were larger. Any ideas what bat species would have large roundish bat droppings and be hanging out alone at night by a suburban home?

Another cool photo I got of one of these big fellas

One of many shots from Sept, 2019.

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Idk if this is the right sub but here we go I live in pa I got a new roof put on in end of October got 80% of my upstairs ripped out starting doing the ceiling and noticed I had little brown bats idk who to call I'm afraid with my new roof on they wont be able to get out when spring comes

So at night I smoke cigarettes on a seat in my backyard and when I do the bats on the tree in my backyard (about 10-15m away from where I sit) start squawking and will fly around (closer than a bird would) and sometimes above my head. Is this threatening behaviour? will they attack me or shit on me? Is there something I can do to stop them? I just want to have a cigarette in peace.

I found this little baby outside on the floor and couldn’t just leave him to be eaten. It’s 1am and the first vet to open isnt until 8:30am, what do I do with him until then? I just put him in a little animal carry box that I used when I bought my new budgie and brought him home.

Hey guys, I'm the person who had the bat that was balding and had a hurt wing. I contacted rhe number Amy Kravitz, She told me to call bonnie Stewart and I got someone to take him out there. They were a very sweet couple and nice and I hope he's going to do great. I miss him already but I had to do it 😢

Bats are not pets. They are wild animals. I understand that many bats are saved from the wild and there are times when people will be holding them but I am seeing far too many photos here of people holding bats with absolutely NO context and it just looks like a pet bat. Pet bats are typically stolen from the wild as babies and live miserable lives. It is also (in my opinion) completely unethical to remove individuals from the wild for most species due to their declining status.

Pictures of bats being held by people/sleeping on people make them look like cuddly pets and spur the illegal and unethical wildlife pet trade. Mods: Can there be a new rule about posting context of bats being held to only include sanctuary/rehab bats that either will be released into the wild or are unreleasable?