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 The Mexican free-tailed bats by mj9462
The best time to see them is March - September. Leave a Comment Address: Congress Ave BridgeDirections: From I-35, exit West on Riverside Drive, take a right on Congress Ave. Then take the first right into the driveway of the Austin American-Statesman.
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Watch the colony of Mexican free-tail bats exit their home from underneath Congress Street Bridge at sunset during the warmer months. This is the largest urban colony in North America! Leave a Comment Directions: Congress Street Bridge across the Colorado River, also called Town Lake.
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The bats arrive in Austin in mid-March and return to their winter home in Mexico by November. Leave a Comment Address: Congress Bridge at Congress and FirstOther Contact: For up-to-date information, call
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When in Austin, you must check out 'the Bats.' Just ask, everyone will know what you are talking about. There is a bridge over town lake where around a million bats sleep. At dusk, they all come out and people actually gather to watch them leave. I must admit, it is quite a site. Leave a Comment
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Austin is the home of the nations largest urban bat colony. I believe the last count was 1 million +.
During the spring/summer months, the Congress Ave. bridge near down town Austin lets loose such a congergation of bats, it looks like a black cloud escaping from under this busy bridge.
There are numerous locations to see the bats, on the bridge it's self or in the park along the Colorado River. Leave a Comment
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Bat's have migrated to Austin TX right downtown under the main bridge. It is the most amazing thing you will ever see. These bats were brought here from Mexico because of mosquito's that carried disease's. The bats were brought to eat them, which worked. Now there are millions of bats that fly out in streams at sunset. The best time to see them is durring the summer because for the winter most migrate to Mexico. Directions: Downtown Congress Brigde...Heading straight in the direction to the Capital.
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One man’s tourist attraction, another man’s nightmare: After Congress Avenue Bridge was constructed it proved to be an ideal breeding place for bats. Millions of them fly around the bridge area in summer after dawn, before heading down to Mexico in the winter. Leave a Comment Address: Congress Avenue Bridge
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People do this, usually that means you should avoid it, but in this case it's worth doing.
Go to the Congress St. bridge and stand on the east side, just before sunset. Wait, soon billions of bats will fly out from under the bridge, it's pretty cool, they'll keep coming out for... I don't know, 20 minutes or so. Make sure you don't watch from under the bridge, unless you like bat pee in your hair.
Oh yeah, this only happens in the summer (I think), definately not in the winter. Address: Congress Ave. BridgeDirections: Downtown - over the river.
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