The church congregation finally had enough and opted to evict the bats by sealing the opening through which the tiny mammals enter the structure and by installing new siding. The condo is just the third of its kind to be built in Pennsylvania, said Donald Nibert, assistant professor of forestry at Penn College and coordinator of construction for the project. I can understand why there are only two others in the state. There are 86 sheets of plywood inside the condo forming baffles, which must be scraped on both sides so the bats can find footholds. The condo was positioned 150 yards from the church on a concrete base.
Bats are the only major predator of night-flying insects.
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