Today’s EcoKids project spotlight comes to us compliments of the Boudreau family. EcoSRQ is always looking for innovative ways to use shipping pallets and Alex Boudreau and his girls found a great re-use project that also benefits wildlife. Their Recycled Pallet Bat House is constructed from a shipping pallet that otherwise would be discarded and end up in a landfill.
Bat houses provide important roosts for many of Florida’s 13 fantastic bat species. Bats are the most important controller of night flying insects, including mosquitoes. A single bat can eat up to 3,000 insects a night! Sadly, many bat species are disappearing from Florida. Lack of roost sites comprises the biggest threat to bats survival worldwide. For more information on backyard bat houses, including how to build your own bat house, check out the Florida Bat Conservacy.
Thanks to Alex, his wife Donna, Bailey (13), Erin (11) and Cameron (9) for sharing their great project with us….oh and for the muscle.
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