Austin Bat Refuge, Desert Bighorn Sheep & Birdability | Texas Parks & Wildlife Series (Full Episode)

Episode 26, Season 40 of Texas Parks & Wildlife, a weekly PBS series about the great outdoors. The Austin Bat Refuge is giving orphaned and injured bats a second chance by rehabilitating them in a safe environment until they’re ready to be released back into the wild. Meet Virginia Rose, a birder who started a national movement to introduce people to the joys of birding. Wildlife experts race to restore bighorn sheep to West Texas, capturing them by helicopter and releasing them in the Franklin Mountains. Austin Bat Refuge - 1:20 Austin Texas is home to the largest urban bat colony in the world with one and a half million Mexican free-tailed bats living under the South Congress Avenue bridge. It’s also home to the Austin Bat Refuge where orphaned and injured bats are rehabilitated in a safe environment until they’re ready to be released back into the wild. Birdability - 9:21 In cooperation with Travis Audubon, we bring you this special video presentation. Virginia Rose, a passionate advocate for birding accessibility and inclusivity, is the driving force behind Birdability, an initiative dedicated to introducing people with access challenges to birding, making birding sites and festivals more accessible, and ensuring that birding communities are welcoming and inclusive for everybody. For more information: birdability.com and travisaudubon.org Restoring Texas Bighorn - 15:51 A daring mission unfolds to restore Desert Bighorn Sheep to West Texas. From helicopter captures to their release in the Franklin Mountains, wildlife experts race to save a species battling habitat loss, disease, and invasive threats. Postcard From Texas: Sandcastles - 24:01 Watch a master sandcastle crafter at work on the beaches of Galveston Island State Park. Chapters: Intro - 00:00 Austin Bat Refuge - 1:20 Accessible Birding - 9:21 Bighorn Sheep - 15:51 Postcard - 24:01 Stories from this episode:    • Austin Bat Refuge      • Restoring Texas Bighorn Sheep      • Birdability, Making Birding More Accessible   Episode 26, Season 40, Program 3326 Air Dates: March 30 - April 5, 2025 & September 28 - October 4, 2025. When to watch on Texas PBS stations: https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/tv/t... Join us on Facebook:   / texasparksandwildlife   Join us on Instagram:   / texasparkswildlife   #texasoutdoors #outdooradventure #outdoors #texas #nature #documentary #fullepisode