Texas capital Austin looks to hire full-time bat biologist to track its massive colony of the flying mammals

Texas capital Austin looks to hire full-time bat biologist to track its massive colony of the flying mammals The City of Austin Animal Advisory Com...

March 15, 2023
9:24 AM

Texas capital Austin looks to hire full-time bat biologist to track its massive colony of the flying mammals The City of Austin Animal Advisory Commission unanimously agreed to hire a full-time bat biologist to provide expertise on ways to manage growing bat populations. , the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin is home to the largest urban bat colony in the world, with an estimated 1.5 million bats. The bats began living under the bridge in the early 1980s. It's a maternity colony where female Mexican free-tailed bats give birth and raise about 750,000 new pups every year.

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