8/15/11

Watch the Bats

Bats abound in Austin. Well they do at sundown daily and from under a specific bridge. Visitors gather to watch the parade of bats jettison from their underpass hiding place as the sun sets. They move in a solid stream over the lake creating an undulating bar of disease and filth. Enjoying the parade of flying mammals requires Monet-esque vantage point. Otherwise you reluctantly begin to realize the individual characteristics of the whole. Specifically, that these are living, wavering, hairy, dirty, teeth-filled bats.

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