Comments on: The Bats of West Bellfort http://swamplot.com/the-bats-of-west-bellfort/2009-07-17/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Scott Bodenheimer http://swamplot.com/the-bats-of-west-bellfort/2009-07-17/#comment-36174 Scott Bodenheimer Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:33:13 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10656#comment-36174 I was reading on a bat conservation site that bat juveniles are left behind while the mother hunts, and that if they're born in May, they often can't fly until July. Bats only have one offspring a year. I wonder if Trutech is sure that the juveniles will be able to get out before they close off the space. I was reading on a bat conservation site that bat juveniles are left behind while the mother hunts, and that if they’re born in May, they often can’t fly until July. Bats only have one offspring a year. I wonder if Trutech is sure that the juveniles will be able to get out before they close off the space.

]]> By: sunsets http://swamplot.com/the-bats-of-west-bellfort/2009-07-17/#comment-36165 sunsets Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:33:12 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10656#comment-36165 I know. I'm so glad there are signs promoting the Waugh bridge colony now. They're really starting to draw an audience at dusk. Maybe a new slogan for the city? "Houston: we have a bat bridge, too!" I know. I’m so glad there are signs promoting the Waugh bridge colony now. They’re really starting to draw an audience at dusk.

Maybe a new slogan for the city? “Houston: we have a bat bridge, too!”

]]> By: kjb434 http://swamplot.com/the-bats-of-west-bellfort/2009-07-17/#comment-36157 kjb434 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:33:37 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10656#comment-36157 I hope there is a way to relocate or provide them with a place to live. Not to get a animal rights squishy or anything, but bats are one the best natural defenses we have for mosquitos and other flying insects. When I saw the title of the post, I was hoping it was another bridge in the city with a large bat population. Watching the bats fly out at the Waugh Bridge by Allen Parkway is a beautiful site at dusk. Who needs to go to Austin or even Carlsbad Caverns to see this? I've been to both, but it's neat to have it here in Houston too. I hope there is a way to relocate or provide them with a place to live. Not to get a animal rights squishy or anything, but bats are one the best natural defenses we have for mosquitos and other flying insects.

When I saw the title of the post, I was hoping it was another bridge in the city with a large bat population. Watching the bats fly out at the Waugh Bridge by Allen Parkway is a beautiful site at dusk. Who needs to go to Austin or even Carlsbad Caverns to see this? I’ve been to both, but it’s neat to have it here in Houston too.

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