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NOW LIVE in ATX 🦇
A new educational visitor experience for our famous bat bridge. Sponsorships still available!

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Meet the Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba)!

These little guys are super recognizable with their white bodies and bright yellow ears and noseleaf.

Filmed with the help of @merlintuttlesbats

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#HonduranWhiteBat #BatConservation
#WildlifeCinematography #BatCityFilm #Bats
#Conservation #CostaRica by @batcity.info

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What is Bat City?

Bat City is a free educational experience for bat watchers before, during and after their visit to the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin.

New signage at the bridge, short videos in both English and Spanish, educational activities and classroom curriculum help to educate and show off the beauty and ecological importance of bats.

To learn more, visit BatCity.info 🦇

Core Partners:
@thetrailconservancy @texasparkswildlifefoundation @merlintuttlesbats @austinbatrefuge @batconservationinternational

@skipswildlife @hillaryfierce @elliepie02 @kbarrettcleary @its.falcon.bitch @finandfurfilms @bencmasters @h.davis9000 @joeyschapman @keithmaitland @carrierockriguez @mverolu @belton_gaar @musicmarrero @teresamaynichta @madelline10 @matthewlarn @kyharkey

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#Bats #Austin #Texas #WildlifeCinematography #Nature by @batcity.info

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Bat City is live! Visit BatCity.info or TheTrailConservancy.org/bats now to see all of the wonderful resources this project has created.

@thetrailconservancy @merlintuttlesbats @skipswildlife

Thank you to everyone who came out to see the new signs at the Statesman site on August 26th, Merlin Tuttle Day.

We are still seeking sponsorships for elements of the project, as well as accepting tax-deductible donations through our fiscal sponsor, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Link in bio!

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#Bats #Austin #Texas #Conservation #WildlifeCinematography by @batcity.info

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Bat City is live! Go visit TheTrailConservancy.org/bats or BatCity.info to see our video series and all the other awesome educational content we’ve made!

We are still looking for sponsors for parts of the project, so if you know of a business or organization who might be interested, let us know! We are also still accepting tax-deductible donations through our nonprofit fiscal sponsor, Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Link in bio!

Core Partners:
@thetrailconservancy @texasparkswildlifefoundation @merlintuttlesbats @austinbatrefuge @batconservationinternational

@skipswildlife @hillaryfierce @elliepie02 @kbarrettcleary @its.falcon.bitch @finandfurfilms @bencmasters @h.davis9000 @joeyschapman @keithmaitland @carrierockriguez @mverolu @belton_gaar @musicmarrero @teresamaynichta @madelline10 @matthewlarn @kyharkey
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#Austin #Texas #Bats #Conservation #WildlifeCinematography by @batcity.info

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Meet the Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat (Pteronotus mesoamericanus)!

Filmed with the help of @merlintuttlesbats

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#Bats #WildlifeCinematography #Conservation #CostaRica #SloMo by @batcity.info

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Local artist Sally Van Horn @sallyand has generously donated four of her tiny pieces of art as giveaways for our crowdfund! The next four people who donate $250+ to the crowdfund (link in bio) and comment will be sent one of these lovely pieces🦇

Get yours today!

Each piece is an original watercolor, signed and dated on the back. The first is 3”x3” and the rest are 2”x2” squares. The last two are extra fun with 0.5”x0.5” paintings that can be covered with a dime! They’ll be packaged in a cello bag with cardboard backing for protection. by @batcity.info

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Meet the artists! @shopkathyphantastic @emmacschmidt @sallyand

When you donate $50 or more to Bat City, you get coloring pages with art from these amazing local artists! Go check out their work on their pages.

We are so psyched to collaborate with them on this crowdfunding incentive and show off even more awesome work happening right here in Austin, TX.

With only 2 days left in our crowdfund, NOW is the time to make your donation and cash in on this super fun incentive. Please donate and share today!

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#Bats #Austin #Art #Conservation by @batcity.info

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Bat City launches this week! August 26th, 2026

This was last night’s emergence and it was beautiful. Come join us out at the Statesman site on Wednesday to see the new signage and celebrate videos and educational materials going live online.

🎥 @skipswildlife
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#Austin #Bats #Texas #CongressAveBridge #SloMo by @batcity.info

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Emergences this week have been awesome! It’s a great time to see our Mexican Free-tailed friends at the Congress Ave bridge and check out the new signage at the Statesman site.

It’s also a great time to donate to Bat City! We are in the final days of our fundraising campaign, but we still have a long ways to go in terms of funding. Any donation or even sharing our cause goes a long way. Link in bio! 🦇

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#Bats #Austin #Texas #Nature #SloMo by @batcity.info

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Here’s a little Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) being nursed back to healed by the wonderful people at the Austin Bat Refuge!

Filmed with the help of @austinbatrefuge

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#Bats #WildlifeCinematography #Conservation #Austin #Nature by @batcity.info

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Give $500 and get a VIP guided viewing of our Congress Ave bats with director @skipswildlife ! Link in bio 🦇

Join Skip in watching the world’s largest urban bat colony take flight at dusk. You’ll get insider stories from the making of Bat City and the chance to ask Skip anything about his career filming wildlife documentaries all over the world. All while 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats fill the Austin sky.

Photo ©️MerlinTuttle.org
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#Austin #Texas #Bats #IndieFilm #WildlifeCinematography by @batcity.info

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Signs are in! We are so excited to see that our new signs have been installed at the south side of the Congress Ave bridge by the Statesman. Go check ‘em out tonight!

These signs have lots of wonderful bat info on them in both English and Spanish, PLUS QR codes on them that link directly to all of our videos and other content hosted online. Created in partnership with @thetrailconservancy

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#Bats #CongressAve #Austin #Texas #Conservation by @batcity.info

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