Alyn Family » house http://alynfamily.com/wordpress From us to you! Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:23:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha Dark Eyed Junco We Saved Yesterday http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2010/04/05/dark-eyed-junco-we-saved-yesterday/ http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2010/04/05/dark-eyed-junco-we-saved-yesterday/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:18:44 +0000 egg http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/?p=915 Continue reading →]]>

Kathy sent us this link about Dark Eyed Juncos. We did let him out after I shot this video. Oskar tried to get video of the release, but the camera was set to stills.

]]> http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2010/04/05/dark-eyed-junco-we-saved-yesterday/feed/ 0 Bats http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2008/12/19/bats/ http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2008/12/19/bats/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:56:51 +0000 egg http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/?p=837 Continue reading →]]> Brown Bat Last night we had another bat visitor; this is our third bat of the year. Ironically, Folwell had one as well yesterday. Our other two bats were quickly caught (sort of) and released. This one proved more difficult and moved into the basement. We expect it has gone back to sleep somewhere in one of the many nooks and crannies that exist down there and we figure he’s probably asleep again until spring.

So being a full on geek, I hit the internet… looking for how to get a bat out, here’s what I found out.

  1. Allow the bat to land, catching it mid air may hurt the bat.
  2. Toss a towel (never any sort of netting) over the bat and scoop it up carefully. Some folks recommend a wet (not dripping) towel.
  3. If it’s on a wall, place a coffee can or other hard container over the bat and slide cardboard or the lid under the can gently coaxing the bat into the can.
  4. Wear gloves, if possible, when handling the bat. Bats can cary disease.
  5. Trap them in a room and open any exterior windows or doors in that room, they’ll likely leave on their own.

Anyone wanting to know more about bats can find lots of good information here, here and here.

Bat image was found at lookoutranch.com.

]]> http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2008/12/19/bats/feed/ 0 Buy Our House! http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2008/12/01/buy-our-house/ http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/2008/12/01/buy-our-house/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:13:13 +0000 egg http://alynfamily.com/wordpress/?p=826 Continue reading →]]> House Front I finally got around to getting the Chicagoland house website up. It’s also in the MLS listing database, but we’re hoping this additional coverage will help. We also lowered the price, effective tomorrow.

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