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Austin Segway Tours - by Gliding Revolution
Austin Segway Tours from Gliding Revolution is the most affordable Segway tour in Texas with many different tours and times available, 7 days a week. Our tours start at $55 per person but the real benefit is our enthusiastic staff and professional training.
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About Congress Bridge Bats
The Congress Avenue Bridge spans Town Lake in downtown Austin and is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. The colony is estimated at 1.5 million Mexican
free-tail bats. Each night from mid-March to November, the bats emerge from under the bridge at dusk to blanket the sky as they head out to forage for food.
This event has become one of the most spectacular and unusual tourist attractions in Texas. The most spectacular bat flights are during hot, dry August nights, when
multiple columns of bats emerge. There are several points from which to view the event, and an information kiosk is located on the north bank of the river, just east of the
bridge.
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Bat
Watching
Tours
If you
want to
catch the
bats in
style, we'd
recommend a
bat watching
tour from
Gliding
Revolution.
They'll gear
you up and
teach you
how to ride
a segway,
take you for
a spin
around
downtown
Austin
including
the Texas
Capitol
building,
Sixth
Street, and
finish up
with a great
view of the
Congress
Bridge Bats
nightly
departure.
Use this
link to
learn more
about
Gliding
Revolution
Austin
Segway Tours. |
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Interesting Bat Facts
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The bats provide a valuable service to the Austin community by consuming between 10,000 to 30,000 pounds of insects nightly!
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Bats can live to be 30 years old.
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Mother bats give birth to a single pup each year. The pups birth weight is nearly 1/3 that of its mother.
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Bats are mammals and nurse the pups from mammary glands. Each female recognizes her pups voice and smell and will nurse only her pup.
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During migrations to Mexico and back, bats may reach an altitude of 10,000 feet and velocities of 60 miles per hour.
For more information about the Congress Avenue Bat Colony or bats in general, please contact: Bat Conservation
International
P.O. Box 162603
Austin, Texas 78716
(512) 327-9721 |
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| Directions: Congress Avenue is one of three major bridges that connect downtown Austin to the South side of Town Lake. To get there, take
either Mopac or IH-35 to downtown and exit on 1st Street. Proceed towards the center of town. Congress Avenue Bridge is the bridge located closest to IH-35.
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