{"id":2563,"date":"2011-04-24T08:10:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T13:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2011-04-24T00:20:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T05:20:38","slug":"the-austin-congress-bat-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/the-austin-congress-bat-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Austin Congress &#8220;Bat&#8221; Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2564\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/the-austin-congress-bat-bridge\/bat-bridge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C795\" data-orig-size=\"1200,795\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Christopher Ward&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1303590610&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright Chris Ward&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.16666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Bat Bridge&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bat Bridge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?fit=240%2C159\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?fit=500%2C331\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2564\" title=\"Bat Bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?resize=500%2C331\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?resize=500%2C331 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?resize=240%2C159 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, no bats. There are supposed to be hundreds of thousands of bats here, but we got skunked. This the the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann_W._Richards_Congress_Avenue_Bridge\">Congress bridge<\/a> in Austin Texas. We staked out a tripod location on the east side by the Austin Statesman parking lot. They have signs up telling people you can park here. There were a lot of people around, and even more from the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>I had understood that we would see a cloud like mass of bats. I was hoping to get some slow shutter speed pictures. I figured the light would be low anyway at sunset when they are supposed to come out. I guess the temp or humidity wasn&#8217;t quite right for the bats, and they preferred to stay hidden under the bridge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2565\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/the-austin-congress-bat-bridge\/bat-bridge-austin-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C574\" data-orig-size=\"1200,574\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Christopher Ward&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1303591424&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright Chris Ward&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bat Bridge Austin-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg?fit=240%2C114\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg?fit=500%2C239\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2565\" title=\"Bat Bridge Austin-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg?resize=500%2C239\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg?resize=500%2C239 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg?resize=240%2C114 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-2.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2566\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/the-austin-congress-bat-bridge\/austin-statesman-viewing-area\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C795\" data-orig-size=\"1200,795\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Christopher Ward&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1303591845&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright Chris Ward&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Austin Statesman Viewing Area&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Austin Statesman Viewing Area\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg?fit=240%2C159\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg?fit=500%2C331\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2566\" title=\"Austin Statesman Viewing Area\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg?resize=500%2C331\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg?resize=500%2C331 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg?resize=240%2C159 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-3.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, no bats. There are supposed to be hundreds of thousands of bats here, but we got skunked. This the the Congress bridge in Austin Texas. We staked out a tripod location on the east side by the Austin Statesman &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/the-austin-congress-bat-bridge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,271,49],"tags":[316,314,315,317],"series":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bat-Bridge-Austin-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C795","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pffAy-Fl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions\/2569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}