Hanging our House's

What a day we had today!  It was so exciting, we were finally going to hang up our Owl house.  My husband chose a spot on this old Telephone pole we have in our backyard.  It hasn't been used for what must have been decades, but it was never removed.

First thing he did was climb up an eight foot ladder than he used the footing on the old telephone pole.  It was pretty nerve racking watching him climb up there but he kept saying he was fine.  So up he went.  First thing he did was to take down the Bat house.  Then our son Michael helped us hang the Owl house where we have been seeing the Owl hang out a few nights ago.

Then we were going to try and find a new place for our Bat house.  Since we have yet to see any bats we wanted it to be in an area more conducive to what Bat's look for in a home.  The house has to be on the Southside facing the sun.  The bat's need to have sunshine heating the house during the day.

Once the house was down, my husband looked inside and he thought he saw something,  so I went and got a flashlight and sure enough we had a bat in our bat house!!!!  We were so excited so now we had to put it back exactly where it was so the bat wouldn't get confused. 

So now my husband has to climb back up the telephone pole and put the bat house back up without disturbing the bat inside.  So once he gets back up there, I hand him the bat house and to our shock and horror he drops it from about 15 feet up.  The house hits the ground and the top falls off, and the poor bat trying to get some sleep flew out.  So we quickly put the house back together and hung it back where it was hoping that the bat finds his way back home.

Of course bats are not birds, but small mammals, but it was still pretty cool.  So now, both houses are on the pole separated by a few feet, so we hope they all can live together in close proximity.