The bridge bats get all the press but these little beauties live in trees all around us and hardly anybody knows about them! Help us take care of our local bats by donating at austinbatrefuge.org. Pictured is one of this year’s red bat orphans.
For the Congress Avenue Bridge bats, the scariest time of year is 4th of July, when the annual fireworks display takes place just a few hundred yards to the east of the bridge. The bats are emerging at dark this time of year, exactly at the time the fireworks start. The emergence peaks around 9:30 pm this time of year, just when the fireworks are reaching their crescendo, seen in yellow on the left.
We normally see greatly reduced emergences for a number of days after the 4th.
Showing the pups how it’s done.
