Bat Crazy!

A notable summer night in Austin includes heading downtown to watch 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from under Congress Ave bridge. Unfortunately for us and the wet spring we were blessed with, there is an overabundance of mosquitoes this year. Now the bats don't have to rush out each evening to fight for food.

We still tried to witness the "black tornado" that you can sometimes see as they escape...not tonight! We arrived early to get a good seat on the lawn with bubbles, glow toys, and umbrellas (lots of bats mean lots of guano). We played, waited, played, waited, and finally around 9:10 you could barely see the little fliers casually pass a street lamp. Nothing to ooh and aah over but at least we tried.