I am the kind of person who thinks that every species of animal and insect has an important place in the eco-system of this world and when one is threatened it makes me sad. On the flip, side when someone steps up and makes a difference it makes me happy and today is a happy day thanks to volunteers at the Bangor Land Trust.

You see I have been reading all over how our bat population is dwindling due to disease and habitat destruction. Above is a simple video that explains their plight quite nicely. You'll see, you like bats too you just didn’t know it.

So back to the seed of my happiness today, recently there was an installation of new bat condos in the Penjajawoc grasslands to give our little friends a place to live and raise families. Bangor Land Trust webpage tells how volunteers headed by Bill Childs and Dave Thompson. Yesterday they had a grand opening,

WCSH Portland reported:

The condos will provide shelter for thousands of bats, which have been having a tough time due to habitat loss, wind farms and white nose syndrome which has killed more than five million bats since 2006 and spread to Maine in 2011. Each condo can accommodate around 2,000 young bats, with optimal living conditions for maternity colonies. They'll most likely attract big brown bats or little brown bats.

These bat condos are specifically made in a design that captures all the suns heat and they're painted black to get extra warmth and that gives absolutely optimal conditions for them to raise their young," said Katelin Craven, a Bat Biologist and the Chair of the Programs Committee at the Bangor Land Trust.

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