My two cents here.

I try to look at a call back as a training opportunity and with the attitude that no critter is smarter then me.I find critters my best teachers and never happy until I win- not them.

I find the call back worth thousands of dollars to me in a positive sense.I have a chance with each call back to learn something new each time and the chance to show the customer I stand behind my work.

A happy, satisfied customer who can tell their friends.

Thursday, I got a "routine bat in the house call."
Friday, I get several calls from the same lady who notices a "bite mark" on her arm and doesn't know how it got there.
Friday night, I get a call from University Hospital, who says they are going ahead with rabies shots, dispite, I still have the bat.

Robb, if call backs are worth thousands of dollars, some of my guys must be millionaires.

Paul this only works if they really do learn from them lol

Whos doing strictly bat seal-up now? Anyone?

Basically nothing but bats for the past 4 weeks, and a full bat schedule for at least the next 4 weeks. Still getting 3 to 5 calls a day.... will most likely be several I can't get to before hibernation, but will seal and mount excluders, leaving in place until after the spring warm-up. Been giving all the squirrel, skunk, and coon calls to other guys I know fairly close who don't mess with bat work. Can't afford to chase the "regular" critters when the bat schedule is out of control. Short days are 12 hours, but most are 16 at this point.... a few 18. It's killing me... but only lasts a couple months.

Ditto what Ron says. I have been in 3 states in the last 3 weeks working. Going back to Maryland and W.Va. for commercial bat work this week again for our second go round in these states.

I am looking forward to the frosts and freeze coming to stop this madness.Time to think about trapping and bottling for the winter stock inventory.

We turn down or table all small animal work this time of year. Have done this for many years now when we start venting bats. When you balance the scale small animal work is a waste of time during these times factoring in the avg return income per job and time vested.

Same here! I was laying on a HOT roof last week installing an excluder at a dormer corner..... heat coming through the rug I had placed on the shingles.... sweat burning my eyes. When I closed my eyes to relieve the burning sensation, I suddenly had an image of chopping through 4 inches of ice to set muskrat conibears...... can't wait!

Ron, yesterday the temperature stayed in the fifties all day. This is certainly the coldest summer I can ever remember. It's almost noon and our thermometer says 59 degrees. It's hard to believe we live in adjoining states.

I have had nites at 49 and 51 degrees in the last week. Took another ride to Maryland to inspect another resort site today for a another bat job and the high was 62 there today.Normally in the mid 80's. The nites are cooling down quickly as an avg for this time of year. It may mean our bat season here is winding down quickly particularly in the higher elevation and water front areas.

The hot roof adventure was a couple weeks ago..... the past week has been awesome for bat work. Highs around 75, lows at night around 55. I'll take all this stuff we can get.....

Question on bats in the winter time do they leave the builings or just hibernate or go to warmer regions to hibernate.

some do both according to my experience over 20 some years.If thermal conditions are suitable for some bats they will stay in summer habitat while others instinctively migrate to winter hibernacula where others congregate as well.

Multiples that stay will cluster together for warmth then move in and out of the cluster as their needs for warmth dictate.Usually at the wintering time of year most will drop closer to the lower floors from the attic and/or the interior wall spaces to take advantage of the thermal output loss of the the structure.

This is usually in insulation where they can reduce body heat loss. I have found many bats over the years as singles and cluster groups during Dec, Jan, and Feb clean outs which bear out my findings.

I am sure this is common place in our region where our winters are not as harsh as say Minnesota or the more northern regions of the country.

Most likely the southern more temperate regions of the country have resident bat colonies that winter year round within local structures.

I use both the bat cones and bat excluders sold by WCS.....I have never found a place I couldn't use them effeciantly. They look professional and work....why not use them? They are re-usable also. I have some in use right now that I have had for at least 5 years, used over and over.

Nothing wrong with the others being made or uased, but these are to easy to use for me not to use them.

thanks bob now I have learn something new today

if you dont buy or run out of cones, you can use gutter down spout for bat cones.

I have also made valves out of hardware cloth and copper stuff-it!

Anyone catching any specie of bats beside BROWNS?

I am not catching any, but am evicting a bunch. We don't have Little Brown Bats here. Most, probably 80%, are Freetails. Most colonies do contain a few Big Brown Bats and even fewer may contain a some Evening Bats. Once in a while, all three species are found in the same colony. Our bats fly 12 months of the year. I only do emergency removals during June and July. It does take a little longer to complete a job during the colder months.

I find it very interesting to hear of experiences from various parts of the country

I have caught some Red bats in houses..which I hear is unusual.