Evening Bats (Nycticeius humeralis) Use Bird Nest Boxes as Day Roosts in Northeastern Arkansas

Virginie Rolland; Samuel A. Schratz; Daniel R. Istvanko; Sara E. Harrod

doi:10.1674/0003-0031-187.1.84

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Virginie Rolland,¹ Samuel A. Schratz,² Daniel R. Istvanko,³ Sara E. Harrod⁴

¹Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, P.O. Box 599, Jonesboro, Arkansas 7246
²SWCA Environmental Consultants, 200 West 22nd Street, Suite 220, Lombard, Illinois 60148
³Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, 464 Industrial Blvd., Crossville, Tennessee 38555
⁴U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 29955 County Road 25.75, Hasty, Colorado 81044

Abstract

Forest bats, including evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis), sometimes roost in manmade structures, such as barns and bridges, but here we report the first observations of evening bats using bird nest boxes for roosting on multiple occasions between 2012 and 2019, a few kilometers north of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Most encounters were in August, when the nesting season is almost finished. We discuss timing and factors that may explain use of bird nest boxes for roosting by bats.

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Virginie Rolland, Samuel A. Schratz, Daniel R. Istvanko, and Sara E. Harrod "Evening Bats (Nycticeius humeralis) Use Bird Nest Boxes as Day Roosts in Northeastern Arkansas," The American Midland Naturalist 187(1), 84-89, (3 January 2022). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-187.1.84

Received: 9 March 2021; Accepted: 16 August 2021; Published: 3 January 2022