This is the Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area
in the Hill Country of Texas.
Home to over 3 million bats.
We listened to a Ranger expound on the wonderful gifts of bats.
And waited to see them escape from their cave.
Sarah was happy to learn that bats don't eat lightning bugs.
Us Florida people always suspect they are seeing
Tinker Bell and her friends flying around
instead of a lightning bug.
And as the sky dimmed we watched a river of bats
fly out of that tunnel and soar to the skies
to commence to eat every mosquito in sight.
The exodus lasts over an hour
but they only let you watch for about 1/2 hour.
I regret not having enough camera skills
to get a picture of the spectacle.
It was phenomenal.
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