Posts Tagged With: Mexican Free-tailed bat

Weekly Sketch: B is for Bat

Austin is home to the world’s largest urban bat colony.

About a million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats reside under the Congress Avenue Bridge. They emerge at dusk to hunt mosquitoes and other insects, and return at dawn.

Fun fact: Bats and armadillos are both nocturnal. But armadillos sometimes venture out in daylight, especially in cool weather.

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