Bracken Cave is the summer home of more than 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats, making it the world’s largest bat colony and one of the largest concentrations of mammals on earth. The emergence of these millions of bats is an unforgettable sight. Our Bracken bat flight season schedule will be on our website in April.🦇
Agaves are an essential source of food and habitat for several migratory bat species. An increased demand for tequila and mezcal means that agaves are often harvested before they bloom, leaving bats hungry. Bat Conservation International is leading a new initiative to sustainably feed bats and restore their natural habitat of wild agave.
NABat Program
Follow Joy Page, Director of Renewable Energy and Wildlife, and Pasha Feinberg, Renewable Energy and Wildlife Policy Analyst, as they travel to Humboldt county to collaborate with conservation partners at a bats and wind coexistence workshop and assess the health of the local bat population through mist-netting.
Bats are one of the most fascinating and interesting creatures of nature. They fly, but they are not birds. Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; their forearms, modified into wings, distinguish them from other mammals. The digits of the arms are connected through a thin membrane which acts as a wing. Most bats are nocturnal and search for food during the night. The following are some interesting facts about bats:
