Lots of Central Texas bat activity on a chilly evening. Devil’s Sinkhole, Old Tunnel, and Huber really show up strongly because of their more isolated locations. Still a strong flight from Congress, so our newly released bats have plenty of company.
Great work Di! The first two talks were to veterinarians at the Convention Center, the last one for the Rotary Club on their riverboat cruise. The boat cruise was really great! The city looked beautiful at night and the bats were translucent in the bridge lights!
Sweet, early (8:33 pm) emergence at Congress Avenue Bridge last night.
Come visit us at the Austin Bat Refuge table on Friday nights this summer!
The love radiating from the crowd on Earth Day really moved us.
Thanks so much for caring about bats!
Frio 28Mar2016 UTC Click to left for video
Last night, what looks like about 3-1/2 million bats emerged from Frio Bat Cave and headed south toward the Winter Garden area south of Uvalde, providing free pest-control service to farmers in a large area west toward Bracketville. Hope they stayed clear of the turbines at the wind farm. Anybody doing a count this morning?
Bats are Back 16Mar2016 UTC HD (Click on link to see video)
The bats are back at Congress Ave Bridge in Austin!
This video from last night shows 3 or 4 separate flights from the bridge before a north front sweeps in, taking most of the bats along for the ride.
The last few years the bats have made sure to be back for the South by Southwest Music Festival.
The viewing is great these days, they’re coming out well before dark.
After a week of rain, Rucker and Frio bats explode out on a lovely evening to explore the agricultural fields around Uvalde. It was a good night to be a bat.
Frio & Rucker 14Mar2016 UTC 40 Mg (click link on left to see video)
