Slippery Rock University's infamous "bat house" was relocated from its original campus location near the Ski Lodge to the Macoskey Center Feb. 14. Originally constructed in 2003, the 8-foot-by-8-foot structure has provided students with opportunities to study colonization, foraging and flight habits of the nocturnal mammals. Ideally, a bat house should be located in an area where it receives six to eight hours of direct sunlight where a diversity of habitats including forest, fields and wetlands exist; as well as being within 10-30 yards of a tree line. Moving the house to the Macoskey Center will make it more likely that bats will find the house attractive due to those additional conditions being met.
