With a little help from North Fork Audubon Society volunteer Scott Rosen and board member Theresa Dilworth, Southold Girl Scout Troop 1416 built five bat boxes and installed them at Inlet Pond County Park earlier this month. In addition, the Troop created an informational display which is proudly hung in the Roy Latham Nature Center.
If you're out on the trails and hike past Prentice Pond, take a quick peek behind the viewing wall to see the bat boxes anchored on the pond side of the wall.
You probably know bats use echolocation to make their way through the night, and they help keep the mosquito population down, but click here to watch a brief film the Troop recorded and you may learn more interesting bat facts (we did!).
Thank you Troop 1416!
If you're interested in erecting a bat box on your property, visit the National Wildlife Federation for instructions.