Congress Avenue Bridge Bat Watching, Austin

I always wanted to see the bats in Austin but was never there at the right time of the year. We had an event in town and decided to walk to a restaurant to enjoy the city and suddenly realized that when we approached the congress bridge people were gathering and the bats were starting to fly out from under the bridge. Such a great surprise and experience. I think I still want to check it out how it looks from a boat next time, but very cool!

There is nothing extraordinary about the bridge itself. Its just that. A bridge with no special architecture significance. The view from on top of it pleasant. Below it, you see the Colorado river and people paddle boarding, and kayaking. To the north, you see the capitol at the end with modern high raise buildings both sides making up the Austin city skyline. To the west, you can see the sunset in the evening. In the evening, most people stand on east side of the bridge sidewalk or wait under the bridge in boats or sit by the Statesman bat observation center... as you guessed, to observe over a million bats flying out everyday to their job as minions of Batman.