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Home : Blogs : Scott Turner : Hello from Austin, Texas : Tag "bats"

bats: Austin's Bat Colony Providing a Valuable Insect Service - 10/12/06 10:38 PM

Austin might not have any theme parks or large zoos, but America's largest urban bat colony has become the city's best-known (and ecologically correct) tourist attraction.
It all started in 1980, when the team of engineers designing the Congress Avenue bridge unknowinlgly created the crevices that would soon become the home to the largest urban bat colony in North America.
More than 1.5 million bats emerge each night at dusk as they have for more than two decades from the bridge's underbelly. The bats blacken the otherwise red sky as they take off in search of food.
The hotter and dryer the weather is, … (6 comments)

bats: Looking for something to do in Austin? Here are a few ideas: - 09/28/06 05:51 PM

There are so many things to do in Austin. Depending on your mood, you can go from funky to upscale in about 3 blocks. There is so much to do here and some sort of festival every weekend. Perfect for families and even better if you're single!
The Congress Ave. Bat Bridge - The Congress Avenue bridge in downtown Austin is the spring and summer home to some 750,000 bats with up to 1.5 million bats at the peak of the bat-watching season. It's the largest urban bat colony in North America.Each evening around sunset the Congress Avenue bats emerge like a … (0 comments)

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