3. Bats of the Congress Avenue Bridge

 

More than 1 million Mexican free-tailed bats take to the sky each evening.
Southern Living Photo by Gary Clark. ©2009. All Rights Reserved.

As the day wanes, claim your spot along the Congress Avenue Bridge for the best free show in town. At sundown from March to November, 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge in a cloud, like a giant swarm of bees. (from Southern Living)

DOWNTOWN.   Between March and November, more than a million-and-a-half free-tail bats spend their summer days under this prominent bridge (whose structure facilitates their habitats) and come out in the darkness to catch and eat thousands of pounds of insects nightly. It's quite an awe-inspiring spectacle to behold and can take all the bats more than a half-hour to take flight at times of heaviest concentration. The best time to catch sight is around 8:30pm.   (© 10Best)

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