Maternity colony (bats) of a maternity colony. Predators such as hawks and owls can learn to anticipate the emergence of bats from a specific roost at sunset. Smaller colonies are thought to be less risky than larger colonies, because the nightly emergence of bats would attract less attention. Maternity colony (bats) A maternity colony refers to a temporary association of reproductive female bats for giving birth to, nursing, and weaning their pups. The colonies are initiated by pregnant bats. After giving birth, the colony consists of the lactating females and their offspring. After weaning, juveniles will leave the maternity colony, and the colony
Bats Day in the Fun Park 2 and 3. Bats Day event weekends usually happen the 1st or 3rd weekend in May. The 2010 event dates were April 30 - May 2, 2010 and 2011 dates were May 6–8, 2011. 2017 Event Dates May 5 - 7, 2017 Bats Day in the Fun Park has six events. Any or all of these event can happen during the event weekend. The 6 events are the following: The event started as a relatively small goth "meet up" event of about 80 people from two dance clubs, Absynthe and Release the Bats. It has grown to include more aspects