Volume 12
Issue 2
- Bat Houses: An Educational Opportunity
- Participate in the North American Bat House Research Project
- REVIEWS
- Look for “Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats”* at these locations
- “Secret World of Bats” Seen Worldwide
- VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
- Increase your conservation investment with a matching gift
- WISH LIST
- LETTERS
- ON THE BACK
- ON THE COVER
- Bat Conservation: A New Priority for Federal Agencies
- ON THE TRACK OF FOREST BATS
- A Volunteer’s Journal
- The Great Red Island: A Future for its Bats?
- Guam National Wildlife Refuge Moves Forward
- Visit the “Lost World” of Venezuela with Dr. Merlin Tuttle as your guide
The Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas, has become a world–renowned attraction. Why? Because of the million plus Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) that make their home under the bridge each spring into fall. The evening emergence flights attract large crowds. In August, when the young bats join their mothers in sinewy columns down Town Lake, the sight is nothing short of spectacular. This summer BCI is sponsoring an interpreter to speak to the crowd while they wait for the nightly event and to answer their questions.