Concern around declining bat population exists because bats are beneficial to our ecosystem. Bats benefit the agriculture ...

Austin's bats don't just provide a unique sight-seeing opportunity, they also have a larger affect on the city's ecosystem. They have the ability to eat up to 15 tons of mosquitos each night.

Austin’s urban bat colony came home to roost under the Congress Avenue Bridge in late February. By Emily Hernandez , Austin Trending Reporter March 17, 2024 A flock of bats is flying above ...

The Congress Avenue Bridge is home to about 1.5 million bats, and Austin Bat Refuge has made it their mission to help those who don't make it home come morning.

When and why did the bats first come to Austin? Austin's Congress Avenue Bridge was originally built in 1910, but was revamped in the early 80's to include 3/4 inch to 1 and a half inch concrete ...

AUSTIN — Austin is a place that puts stock in a great many cultural symbols —breakfast tacos, Willie Nelson, Franklin Barbecue, the Capitol, Matthew McConaughey, burnt orange uniforms — yet ...

Long before bridges were introduced to civilization, some species of bats inhabited caves , flying out in swirling masses of black and gray at dusk. Only in the past two decades did large colonies ...

Meet the couple taking care of the bats at Austin’s famous ‘bat bridge’ by: Grace Reader. Posted: Jul 4, 2022 / 07:00 AM CDT. Updated: Jul 20, 2022 / 03:55 PM CDT. by: Grace Reader.

Hotels in Austin market rooms that face the city’s famous Congress Avenue Bridge so tourists can watch a colony of about 1.5 million bats take flight as night settles in.

From March to October, 1.5 million bats emerge nightly from narrow crevices in the underside of the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge. They usually start to emerge from the bridge around 20 ...

Lee Mackenzie and Dianne Odegard, a married couple who run Austin Bat Refuge, picked up as many as about 600 bats, dead and alive, during the 2021 freeze from multiple Central Texas bridges.

Austin's bats don't just provide a unique sight-seeing opportunity, they also have a larger affect on the city's ecosystem. They have the ability to eat up to 15 tons of mosquitos each night.