I received this note from Jessica at TRCA this past week after asking if they would be opening up our bat boxes to check for any activity over the past year...
"At this point in time there is no monitoring scheduled for the bat boxes at CSS. Only boxes included in the provincial requirements for Metrolinx are monitored to confirm they are being used.
Having the monitoring crew go out with the appropriate equipment costs anywhere from $2,500 to $3,500 per box to monitor. This includes analysing the echometer or sonobat recording and they don’t currently have the budget to include more boxes. They suggest community members can monitor for bat exits at dusk to see if they’re being used and ask that the public note if there are any damage to the boxes that requires maintenance."
DASSP will endeavour to monitor over the next year and report back!
