Category Bats

WildWatch Weekly The Nursery Awakens: Big Brown Bat Pups Expected Soon Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Hidden Nursery Above the Barn High above the floor of an old barn at the Westmoreland Land Trust Schwarz Property, something remarkable is happening once again. Tucked into the warm wooden rafters, a colony of big brown bats is preparing for one of the most important moments of the year, the arrival of a new generation of pups. For the past several weeks, our live streaming...

WildWatch Weekly Spring After Dark: When Bats Return to Pennsylvania Skies Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Spring Isn’t Just for Birds When people think about spring wildlife activity in Pennsylvania, birds usually get most of the attention. As the days grow longer and temperatures rise, songbirds begin migrating north, filling forests and backyards with new movement and sound. But there is another seasonal return happening quietly after sunset. As spring arrives, bats begin...

WildWatch Weekly Eyes on the Colony: A Wild Bat Birth May Soon Make History at the Schwarz Barn Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube The Sisterhood of the Schwarz Barn: Why the Bat Colony Is All Female If you’ve tuned into the bat cameras at the Westmoreland Land Trust's Schwarz Barn located in Greensburg, PA, link here: https://pixcams.com/wlt-schwartz-barn-bat-colony-cameras/, you may have noticed something fascinating — every bat in the colony is female. That’s not by accident....

WildWatch Weekly The Secret Life of Bats: Watch the Schwartz Barn Colony Live Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Big Brown Bat Colony Roost in WLT Schwartz Barn Barn Bats Live: Streaming the Secret World of Big Brown Bats We’re excited to introduce a brand-new window into the nighttime world of one of Pennsylvania’s most important native mammals—the big brown bat! Thanks to a partnership between PixCams and the Westmoreland Land Trust (WLT), we’ve installed live streaming cameras...