Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bat Bridge
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Congress Avenue Bridge, S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704, USA Get directions
Bats over Congress Avenue Bridge — the largest urban bat colony in North America, roughly 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats that roost beneath the deck from spring through fall. On warm evenings around dusk they stream out together to feed, and you can watch from the bridge sidewalk, the lawn below, or a boat on Lady Bird Lake.
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