I've been so busy working on the new rehab building I didn't make an end of year beg for donations! Well here it is, all messy! Wired with electricity, drywall hung and mudded. Did I say how much I HATE finishing drywall? Sanding 🤮 This will be my first and only drywall project!
I'm trying to get it done before the WNS spring bats hit again around March-ish. 😢
Anyway, donations can still be made in 2025 so no rush, we are here for the long haul!
Remember we are volunteers, no paid staff here! Just a couple of ladies who ❤️ bats. All donations go directly to bat care.
Kathy and I wish you well in 2025!
Look for our open house this spring!🤞
https://www.coloradobatcrew.com/donate.html
The Little Brown Bat juveniles are getting the hang of flying in their new screen enclosure!
When you wait all winter for a juicy 🪱, you savor it.
This Big Girl was found in Denver today. It's common this time of year to start seeing the bats who didn't get enough fat stored to last through winter or who chose a hibernacula where the got woke up early. She's in good shape, just depleted. Nothing a little food, and water won't fix.
What do you think this bat is saying?
In the wild, Silver Haired Bats are mostly solitary. In captivity, they often enjoy eachothers company as these 2 girls are always together.
The bat from Denver is looking much better! A little hydration and🪱 work wonders! Now she's concentrating on packing on some weight!
This female Big Brown Bat came to us yesterday from Denver Animal Protection after it was found in a coffee shop. She was dehydrated and underweight. This video is after 2 treatments of warmed subcutaneous fluids and a good meal last night. She looks better this morning but is still playing catch up.
Eating with friends is always better than eating alone.
For the most part the bats are hibernating this time of year but we do monitor their weight and hand feed accordingly to keep their weight stable.
A resident of Westminster shared this video with us. This is a Big Brow Bat maternity colony who has taken up residency in the siding/trim at the top of the chimney. What we are observing is this year's young trying to perfect their skill of landing, they do "fly by's" until they get the courage and skill to land. Also, some of the bats are most likely adults, encouraging the young that are still in to drop out and fly. This is the time of year we find juveniles on the ground or roosting in inconvenient places, while they build flight skills and endurance. It's important for their survival to not interfere at this stage. Mid October, after the first freeze, this colony will disburse. A humane eviction or exclusion may be done at that time to get the bats out and repair the opening.
Happy battimous Thanksgiving! Whatever you celebrate or don't celebrate, we wish you an amazing battastic day!
I had the TOTAL PLEASURE of driving down south to Moffat, CO, to watch the bats emerge from a cave located at the top of a mountain in the Orient Land Trust. If you ever get the opportunity, GRAB IT! Words and pictures simply cannot describe how THOROUGHLY AMAZING this was!
Very few things have ever touched my heart like this ... I’ve only witnessed this once before and it wasn’t me. A wonderful lady who helps with our bat rehab was able to get one of our rescues to fall asleep in her hand to the point he would start dreaming. Just now, one of MY rescues fell asleep in MY hand ... and started dreaming! It is such a blessing to see your hard work & love paying off in such a beautiful way!! Makes what we do SO, SO WORTH EVERY SINGLE MINUTE!!!
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