They're back: Bats return to San Antonio for breeding season after spending the winter in Mexico
Bats fly out of Bracken Cave. Several bat colonies were captured by the National Weather Service radar as they flew over San Antonio.They're back — and they're showing up on radar. What's that, you ask? Bats.
The world’s largest bat colony — as many as 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats — makes the Bracken Cave Preserve home during their breeding season and the summer. The population of bats at this location just outside of San Antonio is so large that they often can be seen on a weather forecast radar.The National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio station tweeted a radar image that captured several bat colonies flying over the metro area Thursday evening.
“Starting to get into that time of year again. What time is that exactly, you ask? Bat time!” NWS wrote in the Twitter post. The nocturnal animals likely were heading out for their nightly feeding. The NWS pointed out that some of the bats were being pushed southward by the breezy winds. Starting to get into that time of year again. What time is that exactly, you ask? Bat time! Several bat colonies can be seen this evening on radar heading out for a night of feeding. Some, near east San Antonio, are being pushed southward by breezy NNE winds.
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