Sunday 15th May 2011 – Austin TEXAS
During the bus ride back from Ginny’s we saw a grown man dressed as super hero side kick Robin climbing up a fire escape, he was probably on his way to fight some crime so we didn’t hold him up just waved from the bus and got a wave in return.
Then it was on to the South Congress Bridge in time for sunset to see the evening fly out of the Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis). It is estimated that over 1,500,000 bats live under the bridge and at sunset every evening during summer they fly out over the city at over 60mph to eat about 30,000lbs of insects. Standing on the bridge as they flew out from under us was a bit like being in an old horror movie but the cloud their swarm made across the sky was more than impressive. Bram Stoker obviously never visited Austin in the Summer, if he had he would not have set Dracula in Whitby.
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