
Fall Activities for Brown Bats in Whitby
Bats don’t have many fans around the world, but love them or hate them, Whitby residents have to deal with bats year round. There are eighteen indigenous species of bats in Canada and many of them call Whitby home, making effective bat control a major concern, especially in the winter.
Whitby residents will see two bats more commonly than others - the little brown bat and the big brown bat. This is because both bats are known to frequent homes. But these bats, like others of their kind, are typically less active during the winter as they enter hibernation. They often invade attics and garages especially if these spaces maintain a warmer temperature, providing the perfect environment for bats to reduce their metabolic processes for hibernation without freezing.
[caption id="attachment_15567" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Bats often get lost in many structures as they are blind.[/caption]