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Frank Black Middle School student Andrew Mitchell was riding his bike with friends after the winter storm when he saw a lot of dark splotches along the bayou and the bike path underneath the Watonga Boulevard bridge. He knew that’s where the bats lived.
“At first I thought (they) were sleeping on the ground,” Mitchell said.
When he got closer, Mitchell realized most of the bats were dead.
As with other wildlife in Southeast Texas, the recent freezing weather proved deadly. Along with the Waugh bat colony, the Watonga colony was hard hit by the record low temperatures.
Oak Forest’s Amanda Massingill had avoided the Watonga area for a few days after seeing Buffalo Bayou Partnership s post asking people to stay away from the Waugh bridge. ....

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