The bats at Canoe Creek State Park live in an abandoned church, an old limestone mine, and a nearby garage. With much of their natural woodland and cave habitat disappearing, bats are moving into man-made structures. But according to park manager Terry Wentz, not everybody's happy with those living arrangements. He says most people have misconceptions about bats.

"I don't know where it ever got the conception that people, bats get tangled in their hair. But I'm sure, you know a bat can pick a mosquito out of the air, he certainly can avoid a human's head."

Wentz says a single bat can eat thousands of mosquitos in a night, making them rather good neighbors.

Along with thousands of little brown bats, Indiana Bats also have been "hanging around" Canoe Creek. Nearly 600 of the state's estimated 1000 surviving Indiana Bats spend the summer in the church attic. Indiana bats have been on the U.S. endangered species list since the 1960s.

More information's available on the web at GreenWorks.tv. I'm Brad Linder.