There have been two articles in the Albuquerque Journal recently about an apparent bat infestation at Presbyterian Hospital in that city.
My most memorable bat experiences was the time I was coaching my son’s soccer team in an evening game under the lights and the players — 10 to 12 years old at the time — were more interested in watching bats flying around the field lights to catch bugs than concentrating on their game. Luckily, the kids on the other team were just as distracted and I think we played to a 0-0 draw. The bats, however, scored big on catching bugs flying around the stadium lights.
Presbyterian has hired a company called “Get Bats Out,” a national company specializing in removing the flying mammals that have infested homes and businesses.
However, one California man visiting his uncle at the hospital managed to take care of the bat problem on his own. Nicolas Mascarenas said he first thought a bird had fluttered by him in a hall inside the wing where his uncle was hospitalized, but then realized it was a bat. He noticed hospital employees scurrying around with sheets, hoping to trap the critter,s so he decided to join in the hunt.
But instead of using a sheet, he clapped his hands loudly to scare an animal as it fluttered around a corner and flew — “splat” — right into a glass window.
“It was laying on a white ledge,” Mascarenas said. “I returned to the staff and told them the bat would be easy to catch.”
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