The Bracken Cave Preserve north of San Antonio is home to an estimated 20 million Mexican Free-tailed bats that are vital to our ecosystem.
“They’re coming out for dinner. They’re going to come out and forage all night long, flying at least 60 miles away,” said Fran Hutchins, bat conservation international director at Bracken Cave Preserve.
As millions of bats fly out of the cave, they create what’s called a “batnado” to help get thousands of their colonies in the air. Wildlife biologist Jeremiah McKinney is conducting an acoustic survey at Natural Bridge Caverns to identify how many species call the San Antonio area home. “You’re obviously losing diversity because they’re having to search far and wide to get to water,” said McKinney.
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