bats

It might be a good idea to take this warning from the state of Illinois seriously especially if you see bats in the daytime. The Land of Lincoln is warning that bats have been discovered in many Illinois counties to have rabies.

Nearly everybody is familiar with rabies...or are they? Sure, we've heard the word thousands and thousands of times, especially those of us with pets who take them for their rabies shot every year.

Maybe it's just that the bats that patrol my neighborhood each night are full from all the mosquitos and other bugs they're scooping up, or they're planning an early Fall sneak attack on me, but despite a fairly large amount of them being around, no one near me has been bitten yet. Other people around the Rockford area haven't been so lucky.

There is a lot you may not know about bats. Myself included, until there was a bat flying around my girlfriend's house and she was scared to death.

I guess you could call this a follow-up to yesterday's piece, "Rockford's Weather is Getting Warmer, Mosquitoes Getting Thicker." After mentioning how we've been dealing with those biting pests around our house, several of you emailed me with other ideas.

ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) — When bat-mating season coincides with construction season in Illinois, the bats win. The Rockford Register Star reports that the expansion of Illinois Route 2 from two to four lanes in northwestern Illinois is being delayed by amorous bats...