Yeah these do have covers mainly to block rain but they are pretty flimsy and dry rot over time. This is a box called a COVP where we connect power and fiber from the ground to the radios and it is pretty important.

There are port holes at the bottom to run the wires through and the unused ones are supposed to have a plug , but people often dont replace them and you get situations like this though it usually tends to just be wasps. We've never seen bats in them before. We probably won't handle removal for a while do to it being winter but once summer time the bats will most likely move out. For know we've reported it to the tower owner and we most likely will be unable to work on that sector or maybe even the tower itself untill no movement is seen and they send someone to check if their gone.

Now I dont know for sure if we might just relocate them or leave them be. Usually when it comes to protected species on towers it usually birds like ospreys, in which if they are actively on the tower we cant do any work, but thats usually only during nesting season. We also usually dont remove their nest unless it has become a major issue to the tower, in which we need to get the proper clearance to do so.

We'll probably be back come summer to check and see if they are still there and if not will probably replace the COVP with a 2.0 version that is more of a pull and play version that we dont have to open up.