Yeehaw

Recently I visited Austin, TX for a conference on indoor air research. You may have wondered about this tweet - it was made in response to a speech given at the conference and was directed to the speaker. She was never asked the question by the moderator :(.

I stayed a few blocks from the Austin Convention Center, which was nice because I got to see a teeny-tiny bit of Austin. It was not so nice because there was a heat wave. As soon as the sun came up, I was melting.

Anyways, I only have one picture from the conference, and it was at the BBQ and it was with a longhorn. He doesn't even look real here!

Took this at sunset on the Congress St. Bridge that connected my hotel to downtown.

Did you know that Austin houses the largest urban bat colony under the Congress St. Bridge?

Around dusk, the bats leave the bridge, fly (what appears to be) upstream to eat. The event draws a lot of tourists and locals.

A swarm emerges and they just follow each other.

Amazing

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