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		<title>Daily Diversion: Bracken Bat Cave</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bracken Bat Cave]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bracken Bat Cave, home to the largest concentration of mammals on the planet with 20 million Mexican free-tail bats, is opening up to the general public for a brief period. This is awesome. Related:</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://johntedesco.net/blog/2011/08/29/daily-diversion-bracken-bat-cave-2/">Daily Diversion: Bracken Bat Cave</a> appeared first on <a href="https://johntedesco.net/blog">John Tedesco</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140717062943/http://www.batcon.org:80/index.php/get-involved/visit-a-bat-location/bracken-bat-cave/subcategory.html?layout=subcategory" title="Bracken Bat Cave" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bracken Bat Cave</a>, home to the largest concentration of mammals on the planet with 20 million Mexican free-tail bats, is <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/World-s-biggest-bat-show-opened-to-public-2144507.php" title="Bracken Bat Cave" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">opening up to the general public for a brief period</a>.</p>
<p>This is awesome.</p>
<p><strong><em>Related: <a href="https://johntedesco.net/blog/2017/05/02/review-why-my-sigma-17-70mm-dc-macro-lens-is-always-on-my-camera/" target=_blank"> A review of the Sigma 17-70mm lens for videographers</a></strong></em></p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://www.johntedesco.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Daily-Diversion-Bracken-Bat-Cave-John-Tedesco-300x173.png?x87498" alt="Daily Diversion  Bracken Bat Cave   John Tedesco" width="300" height="173" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-11304" srcset="https://johntedesco.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Daily-Diversion-Bracken-Bat-Cave-John-Tedesco-300x173.png 300w, https://johntedesco.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Daily-Diversion-Bracken-Bat-Cave-John-Tedesco.png 409w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />A few years ago, Jen and I <a href="https://www.johntedesco.net/blog/2009/08/04/daily-diversion-bracken-bat-cave/" title="Video of Bracken Bat Cave" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">saw the surreal exodus</a> at dusk. So many bats fly out of the cave to feed, they create their own vortex.</p>
<p>Express-News Photographer <a href="http://twitter.com/billycalzada" title="Bill Calzada on Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Billy Calzada</a> shot a very cool video of the bats in action. Check out the time-lapse photos.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://johntedesco.net/blog/2011/08/29/daily-diversion-bracken-bat-cave-2/">Daily Diversion: Bracken Bat Cave</a> appeared first on <a href="https://johntedesco.net/blog">John Tedesco</a>.</p>
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