Join Yolo Basin Foundation this summer on a Bat Talk and Tour.

Yolo Basin Foundation offers environmental education programs for all ages related to wetlands and wildlife. Learn about these amazing flying mammals that do so much to help reduce insect pests throughout the area. Live native bat species are displayed as part of the presentation. The program culminates in watching the bats as they emerge from under the freeway.

The maternity Mexican free-tailed bat colony under the I-80 Yolo Causeway is growing daily as they return from wherever they spent the winter. Although many of the bats overwinter in the bridge, most seem to leave. As the weather warms, crops grow and insect populations explode, the bats return to the Causeway.

These amazing, winged wonders are mammals that fly. Each summer, the females give birth, in late June, to one pup. She nurses that pup for about five to six weeks, and then it joins her as she flies throughout the Central Valley to consume crop pests and mosquitoes. There are also males who live on the Yolo Causeway bridge.

Throughout the summer, Yolo Basin Foundation offers many opportunities to learn more about the bats. Registration is now open.

Children who are interested in bats are encouraged to join the Yolo Basin Foundation for a morning of “Bats and Crafts”. Meet live bats from our local area, then have fun creating crafts and playing bat games. This special event is aimed at young children, especially those who are too young to stay up late to watch the bats fly.

All events and some fun fact videos about our programs and the bats can be found at https://yolobasin.org/battalkandtour/.