Bats

ITD · 09-17-2015, 06:25 PM

I was just outside down here in MA and noticed about 25 bats flying around overhead apparently having a feast. I haven't seen bats in Moultonboro in a few years, so I'm hoping they are making a comeback.

winnipiseogee · 09-17-2015, 06:54 PM

Funny - we were just talking about this last night. We saw about half a dozen bats over the lake in less than 10 minutes. Hopefully thats a good sign. We've got plenty of mosquitos and black flies to feed them!

SAB1 · 09-17-2015, 07:41 PM

Had one flying around in my house a couple weeks ago at 5am. That was an interesting wake up.

Greene's Basin Girl · 09-18-2015, 01:08 AM

We have them at our place in Moultonborough.

wobbelbill · 09-18-2015, 05:33 AM

We have several flying over Silver Lake in Belmont for the first time in a couple years. There seem to be fewer mosquitos this year- not sure if weather or the bats or combination of 2, but I'll take it.

dave603 · 09-18-2015, 05:26 PM

We had a large group of birds that appeared just after dusk the other day.
The way they were acting was exactly like bats, and at first I thought they were, closer look at them and they were some type of swallows gathering.
In the near dark they looked like bats, they way they were flying and apparently feeding on bugs.

Misha888 · 09-18-2015, 09:46 PM

in very small numbers here in Gilford. Happy to see them this year. It was very sad seeing them just dead in the driveway.

Irish mist · 09-19-2015, 12:15 AM

When I was a kid you would see hundreds & hundreds at dusk around the big lake....

TCC · 09-20-2015, 08:06 AM

We've only seen a few bats around our home this summer and would like to see more. We've had a huge number of Cessna-sized dragonflies that I suspect have been making a dent in the flying pest population, but nothing beats a good population of bats.

09-17-2015, 06:25 PM	#1
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,860 Thanks: 461 Thanked 666 Times in 366 Posts	Bats I was just outside down here in MA and noticed about 25 bats flying around overhead apparently having a feast. I haven't seen bats in Moultonboro in a few years, so I'm hoping they are making a comeback.

09-18-2015, 05:26 PM	#6
dave603 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Nashua/Winnisquam Posts: 282 Thanks: 106 Thanked 96 Times in 49 Posts	sure they were bats? We had a large group of birds that appeared just after dusk the other day. The way they were acting was exactly like bats, and at first I thought they were, closer look at them and they were some type of swallows gathering. In the near dark they looked like bats, they way they were flying and apparently feeding on bugs.

09-18-2015, 09:46 PM	#7
Misha888 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 340 Thanks: 280 Thanked 90 Times in 62 Posts	They're back . . . in very small numbers here in Gilford. Happy to see them this year. It was very sad seeing them just dead in the driveway. __________________ ☮ _/♥\_ & (✿ˆ◡ˆ✿)

09-17-2015, 06:54 PM	#2
winnipiseogee Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 297 Thanks: 67 Thanked 152 Times in 79 Posts	Funny - we were just talking about this last night. We saw about half a dozen bats over the lake in less than 10 minutes. Hopefully thats a good sign. We've got plenty of mosquitos and black flies to feed them!

09-17-2015, 07:41 PM	#3
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,165 Thanks: 182 Thanked 297 Times in 220 Posts	Had one flying around in my house a couple weeks ago at 5am. That was an interesting wake up.

09-18-2015, 01:08 AM	#4
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	We have them at our place in Moultonborough.

09-18-2015, 05:33 AM	#5
wobbelbill Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 74 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	We have several flying over Silver Lake in Belmont for the first time in a couple years. There seem to be fewer mosquitos this year- not sure if weather or the bats or combination of 2, but I'll take it.

09-19-2015, 12:15 AM	#8
Irish mist Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 682 Thanks: 122 Thanked 85 Times in 49 Posts	When I was a kid you would see hundreds & hundreds at dusk around the big lake....

09-20-2015, 08:06 AM	#9
TCC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 147 Thanks: 234 Thanked 71 Times in 29 Posts	We've only seen a few bats around our home this summer and would like to see more. We've had a huge number of Cessna-sized dragonflies that I suspect have been making a dent in the flying pest population, but nothing beats a good population of bats.