Free-tailed pup trying on his scary face for Halloween.  We’re not buying it – still way cute!
Best Insta-replies?
From pink_1101floyd “Fire the lasers!”
From 747mandi “Game face!”

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Huber Limestone Mine bats left their Marble Falls roost and headed towards the Blackland Prairie last night, arriving in Austin and Rock Rock around 11 pm.  There is apparent comingling of the colonies as they hunt, suggesting considerable ebb & flow between the roosts on a regular basis, either nightly or during shifts in short-term weather patterns.


What fun to have Sara come and visit our flight cage! Sara is from Tokyo and studying abroad at the University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning in Buffalo, NY.  She is writing a book on Architecture for Animals and came by our facility after visiting the Bat Tower in Comfort, TX.
We so enjoyed her visit!  And we want to be first to purchase her new book on its way to the Bestseller List!

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Here is Sara taking notes in our flight cage. What a beautiful language!

We are so grateful that she translated this for us!  The first word in the second line is “bat” in  Japanese. Sounds like “Comoro”?

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Thank you for the visit, Sara! All the best to you! We look forward to following your career!


Tiny but mighty! The smallest US bat, tri-coloreds are amazing flyers, powered by those rippling back muscles.

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Oh sweet pup!  It was so great seeing you grow up!

All the best in your new life!

Wild & Free!


Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone! We’re doing ok. The trees are still standing, although they looked as if they were in a washing machine for the last few days. The pups are doing fine. They seem to prefer their leaf umbrellas to the covered areas to which we continue to bring them.  When they do fly, they get buffeted by the strong gusts and soon land, but they needed to learn about all this. The adults that shelter under leaves stay fluffed out, while the pups get wet and stay soaked, so it must be a learned behavior to shake off the rain and stay warm. We still have four more days of rain, so we’re not out of it yet, but at least the winds are easing off some. Rains are much worse to our southeast. Prayers for Houston.  We’re ready to help with any bat fallout from trees and bridges.


Shhhh!! Our sleepy red boy is enjoying an afternoon nap on his leaf hammock! Nothing looks more comfortable to a foliage roosting bat than a big green leaf to lay on!

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