At the Natural Bridge Safari Park
(and yes, the animals do get more exotic than goats)
One of the coolest things we saw in Austin was the Congress Ave. bridge colony of bats. They are the largest urban bat colony in the world with approx. 1.5 Million Mexican Free Tail Bats living under the bridge. And every night at dusk they appear. We actually went to see them twice (since our hotel was a short 3 minute walk away)
At the riverside viewing area
The bat watching boat- (D and I watched from the bridge while everyone else was on the boat- she didn't feel well that night so she didn't want to go on the boat). Apparently it is good luck to get pooped on (by a bat) so several in our group were "lucky" as the bats emerged. Also lucky for them, they are very small bats if you know what I mean ....
The view from on the bridge
(and yes, the animals do get more exotic than goats)
One of the coolest things we saw in Austin was the Congress Ave. bridge colony of bats. They are the largest urban bat colony in the world with approx. 1.5 Million Mexican Free Tail Bats living under the bridge. And every night at dusk they appear. We actually went to see them twice (since our hotel was a short 3 minute walk away)At the riverside viewing area
The bat watching boat- (D and I watched from the bridge while everyone else was on the boat- she didn't feel well that night so she didn't want to go on the boat). Apparently it is good luck to get pooped on (by a bat) so several in our group were "lucky" as the bats emerged. Also lucky for them, they are very small bats if you know what I mean ....
The view from on the bridge
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