Archive for March, 2012
» posted on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 by Linda Lou Burton
The Ladies and the Bats
Linda Burton posting from Austin, Texas – Aw shucks, I’m going to miss the bats. Austin is famous for its music, its food, and a really odd thing that has always puzzled me. Part of Austin’s cultural identity is caught up in bats. And I don’t mean baseball bats, I mean the kind that fly around at night eating insects. The story goes like this: the Ann W Richards Congress Avenue Bridge (named after the 45th governor of the state of Texas), which crosses over Lady Bird Lake (named after the former First Lady of the United States and created by the Longhorn Dam on the Colorado River) is home to a large urban bat colony. These bats, on their nightly flying and eating quest, attract about 100,000 tourists annually and impact the city economically to the tune of $8 
million a year. There are a million bats living under Ann Richard’s bridge over Lady Bird’s lake; which means there are more bats than people in Austin. It’s a spectacular sight, I’m told; gather on the bridge, or in boats, or on either side of the river just about dusk to watch. But alas, they haven’t come back to Austin from their winter vacation in Mexico yet; mid-March is a typical arrival time. Since I won’t get to see the little critters, I researched a few Bat Facts. » read more
» posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 by Linda Lou Burton
Schedule for Journey
| Order | Capital City | Year | Arrive |
Population |
Elevation | Latitude |
Longitude |
|
«1 |
Austin, TX |
2012 |
Mar 1 |
790,390 |
550 |
30.16.18.N |
97.44.34.W |
|
«2 |
Phoenix, AZ |
2012 |
Mar 18 |
1,445,632 |
1,090 |
33.26.51.N |
112.5.14.W |
|
«3 |
Sacramento, CA |
2012 |
Apr 1 |
489,488 |
25 |
38.34.44.N |
121.29.18.W |
|
«4 |
Carson City, NV |
2012 |
Apr 15 |
55,274 |
4,687 |
39.9.52.N |
119.45.41.W |
|
«5 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
2012 |
Apr 29 |
186,440 |
4,330 |
40.45.49.N |
111.53.27.W |
|
«6 |
Boise, ID |
2012 |
May 12 |
205,671 |
2,726 |
43.36.25.N |
116.11.25.W |
|
«7 |
Salem, OR |
2012 |
May 27 |
154,637 |
154 |
44.55.59.N |
123.2.24.W |
|
«8 |
Honolulu, HI |
2012 |
Jun 17 |
371,657 |
18 |
21.18.11.N |
157.51.25.W |
|
«9 |
Olympia, WA |
2012 |
Jul 1 |
46,478 |
100 |
47.2.28.N |
122.53.29.W |
|
«10 |
Juneau, AK |
2012 |
Jul 15 |
31,275 |
61 |
58.18.10.N |
124.24.39.W |
|
«11 |
Helena, MT |
2012 |
Aug 2 |
28,190 |
4,157 |
46.35.23.N |
112.1.12.W |
|
«12 |
Bismarck, ND |
2012 |
Aug 17 |
61,272 |
1,680 |
46.48.21.N |
100.46.44.W |
|
«13 |
Pierre, SD |
2012 |
Aug 31 |
13,646 |
1,484 |
44.29.9.N |
100.20.59.W |
|
«14 |
Cheyenne, WY |
2012 |
Sep 15 |
59,466 |
6,098 |
41.8.0.N |
104.48.47.W |
|
«15 |
Denver, CO |
2012 |
Sep 29 |
600,158 |
5,280 |
39.44.24.N |
104.59.34.W |
|
«16 |
Santa Fe, NM |
2012 |
Oct 27 |
75,764 |
7,000 |
35.41.30.N |
105.56.13.W |
|
«17 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
2012 |
Nov 9 |
580,000 |
1,207 |
35.28.8.N |
97.31.21.W |
|
18 |
Little Rock, AR |
2012 |
Nov 21 |
193,524 |
286 |
34.44.53.N |
92.16.28.W |
|
19 |
Jackson, MS |
2012 |
Dec 3 |
173,514 |
204 |
32.17.55.N |
90.10.46.W |
|
20 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
2012 |
Dec 15 |
229,553 |
58 |
30.26.36.N |
91.11.13.W |
|
21 |
Tallahassee, FL |
2012 |
Dec 28 |
181,376 |
190 |
30.26.24.N |
84.16.47.W |
|
22 |
Montgomery, AL |
2013 |
Jan 15 |
205,764 |
287 |
32.22.47.N |
86.18.1.W |
|
23 |
Atlanta, GA |
2013 |
Jan 30 |
420,003 |
1,050 |
33.44.53.N |
84.23.27.W |
|
24 |
Columbia, SC |
2013 |
Feb 11 |
129,272 |
213 |
33.59.54.N |
81.2.42.W |
|
25 |
Raleigh, NC |
2013 |
Feb 23 |
403,892 |
363 |
35.47.7.N |
78.38.33.W |
|
26 |
Richmond, VA |
2013 |
Mar 7 |
204,214 |
150 |
37.32.26.N |
77.26.0.W |
|
27 |
Charleston, WV |
2013 |
Mar 19 |
51,400 |
601 |
38.21.0.N |
81.38.20.W |
|
28 |
Frankfort, KY |
2013 |
Mar 31 |
27,741 |
510 |
38.11.42.N |
84.52.44.W |
|
29 |
Nashville, TN |
2013 |
Apr 12 |
635,710 |
440 |
36.10.1.N |
86.46.37.W |
|
30 |
Jefferson City, MO |
2013 |
Apr 25 |
43,079 |
702 |
38.34.37.N |
92.10.38.W |
|
31 |
Topeka, KS |
2013 |
May 7 |
127,473 |
951 |
39.3.23.N |
95.40.36.W |
|
32 |
Lincoln, NE |
2013 |
May 19 |
258,379 |
1,176 |
40.48.47.N |
96.42.23.W |
|
33 |
Des Moines, IA |
2013 |
May 31 |
203,433 |
803 |
41.35.20.N |
93.36.53.W |
|
34 |
Saint Paul, MN |
2013 |
Jun 12 |
285,068 |
874 |
44.56.38.N |
93.5.34.W |
|
35 |
Madison, WI |
2013 |
Jun 24 |
233,209 |
863 |
43.4.21.N |
89.23.9.W |
|
36 |
Springfield, IL |
2013 |
Jul 6 |
116,250 |
600 |
39.48.3.N |
89.38.38.W |
|
37 |
Indianapolis, IN |
2013 |
Jul 18 |
829,718 |
717 |
39.45.59.N |
86.8.59.W |
|
38 |
Lansing, MI |
2013 |
Jul 30 |
114,297 |
860 |
42.43.56.N |
84.33.9.W |
|
39 |
Columbus, OH |
2013 |
Aug 11 |
787,033 |
780 |
39.57.44.N |
83.0.11.W |
|
40 |
Albany, NY |
2013 |
Aug 25 |
97,856 |
150 |
42.39.5.N |
73.45.16.W |
|
41 |
Montpelier, VT |
2013 |
Sep 6 |
7,855 |
525 |
44.15.36.N |
72.34.34.W |
|
42 |
Augusta, ME |
2013 |
Sep 18 |
19,136 |
153 |
44.19.4.N |
69.46.34.W |
|
43 |
Concord, NH |
2013 |
Sep 30 |
42,695 |
288 |
43.12.25.N |
71.32.11.W |
|
44 |
Boston, MA |
2013 |
Oct 12 |
617,594 |
330 |
42.21.30.N |
71.3.23.W |
|
45 |
Providence, RI |
2013 |
Oct 24 |
178,042 |
24 |
41.49.26.N |
71.24.43.W |
|
46 |
Hartford, CT |
2013 |
Nov 5 |
122,217 |
50 |
41.45.48.N |
72.40.27.W |
|
47 |
Harrisburg, PA |
2013 |
Nov 17 |
49,528 |
360 |
40.15.35.N |
76.52.55.W |
|
48 |
Trenton, NJ |
2013 |
Nov 29 |
84,913 |
52 |
40.13.3.N |
74.45.33.W |
|
49 |
Dover, DE |
2013 |
Dec 11 |
36,047 |
36 |
39.9.28.N |
75.31.30.W |
|
50 |
Annapolis, MD |
2013 |
Dec 23 |
38,394 |
57 |
38.58.36.N |
76.29.24.W |
|
|
|
12,343,617 |
|
|
|
||
|
51 |
Washington, DC |
2014 |
Jan 4 |
601,723 |
409 |
38.53.59.N |
77.1.21.W |