The Bat Farm

Derrick and I are always looking for random things to do and this weekend we went to The Bat Farm in Auburn Township for a fundraiser for a new Bat Condo. We were able to see the mother bats and their babies sleeping in a shed. I didn't want to blind them with the flash on my camera so I don't have any close-up pictures of the bats but if you want you can google "Little Brown Bats" and see what I saw.

I learned the female bats mate on their way down to the caves to hibernate for the Winter but don't actually become fertilized until they wake up in the Spring. Then they fly to this barn to give birth and raise their babies. Totally interesting. We arrived at the barn a little before 7:00pm, saw the sleeping bats, roasted marshmallows and watched the birds until sunset. The bats flew out from all sides of the barn a few at a time and flew right over our heads. We were really entertained watching them eat the fireflies. The most exciting part of the night was when I woke up the next morning and realized I didn't have a single mosquito bite!