Austin Congress Avenue Bridge Bats - Urban Bat Colony - Images, Stock Photos & Prints | HerronStock (151 images)
The Congress Avenue Bridge or Ann W. Richards congress avenue bridgespans Town Lake in downtown Austin and is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. The colony is estimated at 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats. Each night from mid-March to November, the bats emerge from under the bridge at dusk to blanket the sky as they head out to forage for food. This event has become one of the most spectacular and unusual tourist attractions in Texas. The most spectacular bat flights are...
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![Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge is home to the world's largest urban bat colony, which is composed of Mexican free-tailed bats. The bats reside beneath the road deck in gaps between the concrete component structures. They are migratory, spending their summers in Austin and the winters in Mexico. According to Bat Conservation International,[3] between 750,000 and 1.5 million bats reside underneath the bridge each summer. Since Austin's human population is about 750,000, there are more bats than people in Austin during summer.](https://www.herronstock.com/img-get/I0000sxXAXP8r_88/t/200/I0000sxXAXP8r_88.jpg)
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