2024 Annual Report
“2024 marked the second year we had the privilege, thanks entirely to your support, of hiring part-time summer interns. We felt so fortunate to have had
Rebecca, Blair, Sol and Andres joining us for the summer. They were brilliant additions to our bat family and were crucial to successfully raising this year’s pups.
We presented over 30 high-impact programs at central-city events including Barton Springs University and HEB’s Our Future Our Texas Festival. We facilitated film shoots (one with local Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Skip Hobbie). We enjoyed cultural exchanges with Danish performance artist (and bat lover) Lihn Le and British poet and filmmaker (and bat lover) Katie Byford.
Travis Audubon allowed us to install a soft-release bat house for our evening bats in lovely Blair Woods—we are so grateful for their collaborative spirit!”
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2023 Annual Report
“We provide compassionate care and services to
hundreds of bats every year, giving orphaned and injured
bats a place to grow or recover. Those who find a bat can
call us for information on how to safely contain them for
subsequent transport to our facility. Our bat hotline also
brings in calls about bats roosting in homes or businesses, which is where our conflict resolution services come into play. In previous years, we’ve performed low cost bat exclusions for homeowners in need of assistance.”
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“It’s the power of people that saves bats’ lives. This truth informed our decisions in 2022. We grew our volunteer base, hired two part-time employees to increase our capacity to care for bats, and invited the wonderful Hilary Pelham to join our board. When bat researchers from around the world gathered in Austin for their annual conference, we jumped at the opportunity to connect with them by offering refuge tours. Lee and I have always wanted to build a community of people who love bats, and we made big strides towards that goal in 2022.”
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2021 Annual Report
“2021 got off to a rocky start as Winter Storm Uri blew through Central Texas and led to our largest influx of patients ever, but we made it through because of support from our board, volunteers, and donors—and maybe a few all-nighters pulled by Lee and me. We’re so grateful for all the people who make it possible to respond to each year’s unique challenge and who allow us to be there for the bats, come what may.”