Category Bats

Where Baby Bats Grow Up: Inside a Big Brown Bat Maternity Colony

WildWatch Weekly Where Baby Bats Grow Up: Inside a Big Brown Bat Maternity Colony Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube A Summer Nursery Hidden Above Our Heads On a warm summer evening in Pennsylvania, you might notice bats beginning to appear against the fading sky. One by one they emerge from a barn, attic, hollow tree, or other hidden roost and disappear into the darkness in search of insects. What you may not realize is that the place they just left could be something remarkable: a bat...

The Nursery Awakens: Big Brown Bat Pups Expected Soon

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...

Spring After Dark: When Bats Return to Pennsylvania Skies

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...

Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania

WildWatch Weekly Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania If you’ve peeked into the Schwarz barn this month, you may have noticed fewer furry faces hanging from the rafters. All summer long, the barn has been alive with the flutter of wings at dusk as our big brown bat colony took off to hunt insects over the fields. Now, as the days grow shorter and the nights turn...

Born to Fly: Our Bat Cam Captures a Live Birth!

WildWatch Weekly Born to Fly: Our Bat Cam Captures a Live Birth! Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube 26 New Born Big Brown Bat Pups on June 9th at the WLT Schwarz Barn A Breakthrough Moment: First-Ever Live Birth of a Wild Bat Captured on Camera After months of careful planning and preparation, PixCams and the Westmoreland Land Trust have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in wildlife observation—capturing the live birth of a big brown bat on camera. This extraordinary moment...

Eyes on the Colony: A Wild Bat Birth May Soon Make History at the Schwarz Barn

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....

The Secret Life of Bats: Watch the Schwarz Barn Colony Live

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...

Bats on the Go: The Little-Known Story of Bat Migration

WildWatch Weekly Bats on the Go: The Little-Known Story of Bat Migration Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube The Little-Known Story of Bat Migration As winter loosens its grip on Pennsylvania, an incredible yet often overlooked migration is underway. While many associate migration with birds, several species of bats also embark on seasonal journeys, traveling northward as temperatures rise. Among them, the silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans), the hoary bat (Lasiurus...

Listening to Bats in your Backyard and Who is Talking

WildWatch Weekly Listening to Bats in your Backyard and Who is Talking Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Why are Bats Important? Having bats in your backyard is important for various reasons. Firstly, bats are highly effective natural pest controllers, consuming vast quantities of insects such as mosquitoes, moths, and beetles, which helps to control insect populations and reduce the need for chemical pesticides. Secondly, bats play a crucial role in pollination, aiding in the...

6 Benefits of Installing a Bat Box in your Backyard

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Bats are the only mammals that fly. Their wings are thin membranes of skin stretched from fore to hind legs, and from hind legs to tail. The name of their order, Chiroptera, means “hand-winged.” Their long, slender finger bones act as wing struts, stretching the skin taut for flying; closed, they fold the wings alongside the body.
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