The Land Trust of North Alabama will sponsor a bat watch at Sauta Cave in Jackson County, Ala., on Tuesday, and Chattanooga Nature Center is accepting reservations for a similar outing to Nickajack Cave in Marion County, Tenn., on July 15.
In both locations during June, July and August, bats can be seen for about an hour at dusk, emerging to feed.
Both outings involve walks to viewing platforms. Flashlights and comfortable shoes are recommended.
* Sauta Cave, formerly known as Blowing Wind Cave, is believed to be the largest roosting colony of gray bats east of the Mississippi, with an estimated quarter million using it as a summer roosting site.
State wildlife biologist Keith Hudson will share the latest facts and figures on the colony.