A Detailed Guide to Bat Watching in Austin, Texas

Austin is a great city and has many wonderful attractions, but one is a bit different than what you one might usually expect in a city. The Congress Street Bridge in downtown Austin is home to the world’s largest urban bat colony. More than 1.5 million Mexican Free-Tail bats make their home under the beams of the Congress Avenue bridge. People gather every night at sunset from spring to fall to watch the bats emerge and fly off into the sunset.

Austin’s amazing population of 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats is one of the most unique aspects of an already exceptionally unique city.

This guide talks about the bats and the experience of being there when they all “wake up” and fly out from under the bridge by the hundreds of thousands for their nightly insect hunt.

Plan a Visit: https://www.austinbats.org/plan