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Photo: istockphoto.comBig brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Description A nocturnal flying rodent with a small body (two and a half inches) and ten-inch wingspan; looks black at night, but its fur is actually auburn.
Habitat Tunnels under the city; also in older buildings and hollow trees.
Notes While bats aren’t blind, the big brown (Chicago’s most common bat—we have four kinds) can see in the dark using a high-pitched squeak that acts as an echo-based sonar system. While bats are scary-looking and sometimes rabid, “the chances of being killed by a bite are considerably less than being killed by a lawn mower,” says Larry Heaney, a zoologist with the Field Museum. Also, bats are good to have around because they eat mosquitoes.
Time Out Chicago / Issue 173 : Jun 19–25, 2008
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The nests you are seeing are not in Rosemont, they are off of 90 in Busse Woods near Arlington Heights, and they are mostly Great Blue Herons along with a few other species.
Bats aren't rodents.
This Place is a Zoo -- Big Brown Bat...Did your writer really think that bats are rodents? They are mammals and are closer related to humans genetically than they are to mice. I could see if there was a ha ha in the little write-up after it says flying rodents, but looks like he/she was serious. I think if Larry Heaney, who is quoted in the article, ever sees this he'll be pretty ashamed and upset to be associated with such a misconception.
I have often noticed a rookery of nests close to Rosemount, IL. Does anyone know if these are eagles or a type of heron?