Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

October 23, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

Bat Week with Wisconsin's cave bats

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

October 23, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

It is no coincidence that Bat Week—an international celebration of the world’s only winged, free-flying mammal—falls on October 24–31 each year.

Photo by Mike Budd/USFWS

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

October 31, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Faville Grove Bat Survey

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

October 31, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

This summer, Faville Grove Sanctuary partnered with the Wisconsin DNR as part of the Wisconsin Bat Program to learn more about the bat species using our landscapes and what their presence reveals about our restoration progress.

photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 1, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Little Brown and Big Brown Bats

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 1, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

When I got to see bats up close for the first time at Fair Meadows Sanctuary this past July, I was blown away by their beautiful strangeness.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 4, 2023

Friday Feathered Feature

Swallows, bats, & owls

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 4, 2023

Friday Feathered Feature

We’re stationed in our lawn chairs outside the barn on the evening of July 23. Sunset today is at 8:25 pm, so we expect the bats to start appearing about ten minutes later. At 8:15, the sky is filled with swarming, swooping swallows!

Photo by Gary Shackelford