Bats beneath the bridge
"Discover how the people of Austin, Texas, stopped being afraid of the more than one million bats nesting under the Congress Avenue Bridge and, instead, welcomed them. This true story includes a foreword by bat biologist Dr. Merlin Tuttle, who came to Austin to advocate for the colony by educating r...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Albert Whitman & Company,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "Discover how the people of Austin, Texas, stopped being afraid of the more than one million bats nesting under the Congress Avenue Bridge and, instead, welcomed them. This true story includes a foreword by bat biologist Dr. Merlin Tuttle, who came to Austin to advocate for the colony by educating residents about the ways in which bats are good for the environment, and for humans too. Now, tourists from all over the world come to Austin to watch the Brazilian free-tail bats fill the sky every evening in early spring"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 4-8 Grades K-1 |
| ISBN: | 9780807505625 0807505625 |
