Batsand Bat Boxes

What are Bat Boxes?

By Sam

Here are some names of bats that live in Washington.

Western Small-footed batWestern long-ear batBig brown batCanyon batSilver-haired batLong legged batSpotted bat

We will be talking about the big brown bat.

Big brown bats diet and size

A big brown bat has a wing span of 12-16 inches.It weighs about 14-21 grams.The diet of a brown bat consists of insects. It especially likes beetles. The big brown bat’s sharp teeth allow it to pierce through the hard exoskeleton of the beetles. The big brown bat also likes flying insects like wasps, flies, moths, and flying ants. They capture flying insects in flight. The big brown bat can reach speeds up to forty miles an hour while flying.

Brown bats distinctive features

The big brown bats are considered large for an American bat. The big brown bat has glossy brown fur. Their lips are fleshy and their nose is abnormally big for their face.

A big brown bat’s habitat, hibernation, and migration

The big brown bat lives in the city, meadow, desert, mountains, and all the way to the forest. The big brown bat hibernates in caves, mineshafts, and attics. They will migrate short distances for hibernation in these places.

Bat boxes

Bat boxes are a box that is on a post. This creates a habitat for the bat.

Inside a bat box

A bat box is filled with bats. A medium size bat box can capture up to 400 bats which is amazing. Bat boxes are a great thing. Bats can eat many mosquitos in an hour.

Why do bats like bat boxes?

Bat boxes represent the tree roots that the bats usually live in.

Here is a game about Big Brown Bats.

You wake up it is night time you are hungry for breakfast so you go hunting.

Here are your options

A. BarkB. BeetlesC. MossD. SpidersE. Berries and leaves F. Kqbabs left by campers

You lose

Click the bat to go back to the beginning of the game.

You are full. Suddenly an owl swoops toward you. What do you do.

A. Fly away as fast as you canB. Make your self as big as possibleC. Hide in a treeD. Attack the owlE. Try to camouflage yourself against the ground

You lose

Click the bat to go back to the beginning of the game.

You lose the owl. Since your home is being taken away you have to migrate. Were will you migrate to.

A. SwampB. ApartmentC. TundraD. A Rock in the middle of the Pacific OceanE. HawaiiF. Mountains

You lose

Click the bat to go back to the beginning of the game.

You run in to pest control. Here are your options

A. Stay their and try to scare pest control.B. Attack the pest control when they come in.C. Try to tuff out the poison gas.D. Fly in to the city.

You lose

Click the bat to go back to the beginning of the game.

You see a school off to the side which looks like it has a habitat garden. Peals click on Whittier Elementary.

You lose

Click the bat to go back to the beginning of the game.

Yes you beat the game.

Click the bat to go back to the beginning of the power point.

You found a bat box in the 5th grade’s habitat garden. It has bugs that I can eat and mounds of flying insects that I can catch. Thank you for helping me with my habitat, other wise I would have died. Thank you. Here is a funny picture of me.