Bat Box - Martin Nature Park - Oklahoma City, OK
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The Snowdog
N 35° 36.345 W 097° 36.450
14S E 626128 N 3941114
This bat box is mounted high on a pole - in Martin Nature Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM19PH4
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2024
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This pole-mounted bat box is at Martin Nature Center, placed in an open field near the pond The Nature Center's According to
this news article, assistant naturalist Steve Thompson said he fields calls every week from Oklahoma City residents seeking designs for bat houses to place in yards. Thompson advises that bat boxes mounted on poles or on the sides of buildings are preferred to those set in trees, and that bat boxes should be no more than a quarter-mile from a pond or stream, and this bat box fulfills both of those requirements.
Number of Bat Boxes on Property: 1
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