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Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat

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About Me

Hola! My name is Lupita Del Puente, and I am a Mexican Free-tailed Bat. I spend my spring and summers under the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin, Texas with 750,000 of my closest friends! Every evening as the sun sets, we fly out from under the bridge in search of food. We eat between 10,000 to 30,000 lbs. of insects every night, including lots of mosquitoes.Lots of our human friends arrive in the evenings to watch us fly - about 100,000 each year! Oh, and I've been told that it is wise for them to bring an umbrella -- and not because it's raining!____________________________________________________ _______For cool stuff featuring me, Lupita, go to www.cafepress.com/guanoink - a portion of the proceeds will go to the Austin Bat Hospital to assist them in their bat rehabilitation work! More designs coming soon! Enjoy! Squeak! Get Your Own! | View Slideshow
adopt your own virtual pet!Thanks to Greg and Erin in Amarillo for this amazing video!
Get this video and more at MySpace.com

My Interests

Flying, squeaking, eating bugs, making guano

I'd like to meet:

Bob Kane, Adam West, Tim Burton, Bela Lugosi, The Count from Sesame Street ---- and you!

Music:

The Bats, The Aquabats, Bat Makumba

Movies:

Batman, Bat-21, The Bat

Television:

Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures, Nature, Nova, Sesame Street, Batman (again!)

Books:

Bats, by Gail Gibbons
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats, by Ann Earle, Henry Cole
The Bat House Builder's Handbook, by Merlin D. Tuttle

Heroes:

Bat Conservation International (www.batcon.org), The Austin Bat Hospital (www.austinbathospital.com), Bat World (www.batworld.org)

My Blog

Show Me Your BAT TAT - New Contest!

Hola my friends! Our migration back to Austin is a few months away.  We are really living it up down here in Mexico this winter...  this is the time of year when all the excitement happens.&...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:37:00 PST

A Texas Bat Tour!

My friend Cindy took a trip to Bracken Cave last summer to visit the 20 MILLION bats who call it home in the Spring and Summer months.  She wrote this article and took photos of the nightly ...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:46:00 PST

Meet the Dynamic Dr. Deborah Cottrell!

Hola, my friends!  I am posting this blog from Mexico, where I am spending the winter hanging out (literally) with hundreds of thousands of my closest friends - other Mexican Free-Tailed bats!&nb...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:54:00 PST

BatFest 2007!

Hello, everyone!Well, BatFest 2007 has come and gone, and I was so excited to see that my friends at Guano Ink made a booth all about me! I am so flattered...The day started out with the loading of th...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:08:00 PST

Name Lupita's Pup Contest!

  Mis amigos y amigas... I have a special and exciting announcement!  I've given birth to a beautiful pup! I was very busy this Winter in Mexico...  but that's another story.  Whe...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:46:00 PST

Meet Corky: Founder of NorCal Bats!

Meet Corky, founder of NorCal Bats! Corky has graciously accepted my invitation to be interviewed about her work with bats!     Corky is the founder of Northern California Bats, an org...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:30:00 PST

Meet Steve: Mega Bat House Builder!

  Hola, my friends!  I would like to introduce you to Steve:  Mega Bat House Builder!  Steve has graciously accepted my invitation to be interviewed about his work with bat house...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:22:00 PST

Hooray for mealworms!

Would you like to donate food for the bats who are injured or who are being taken care of at Austin Bat Hospital? click here! Sunshine Mealworms is set up to provide mealworms to Austin Bat Hospital!&...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:13:00 PST

Bat Rescue Resources

My friends... I have received numerous messages from you over the past few months telling me stories about lost, trapped or injured bats you have found.  Que lastima!  These stories break m...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:35:00 PST

We're home!

Hola!  We have returned to our favorite bridge in our beloved Austin, Texas!  We will be flying out from under the bridge most every evening to continue our great mosquito and insect hunt! ...
Posted by Lupita, The Congress Avenue Bridge Bat on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:04:00 PST