Bat Research

Donna Hensley is a bat biologist with 15 years of research experience on bats (with four years of experience with Bat Conservation International).  She is co-author of the incredibly popular book The Bat House Builder's Guide.

Check out some of the terrific work that she's done while at BCI:

• Motorola Corporation Participates in Research on Bat Houses
• Successful Bat Houses Shed Light On Bat Needs
• The James River Bat Cave
• Motorola Supports Bat House Research Project
• BAT HOUSES: The Secrets of Success
• Adventures in Photographing Bats
• A New Beginning for an Old Mine

More recently, during the summer 1998, Donna was called in for consultation by administrators at the Eastern State Hospital at West Medical Lake - their facilities had been recently colonized by bats.  She proposed that in addition to evicting the bats (not extermination!) that the hospital maintenance staff construct a bat house adjacent to the building. Here are the details of this recent project.  The Governor's office is following this project with great interest, and may consult with Donna regarding a similar problem at the Governor's Mansion in Olympia.