Have you ever played soccer with bats flying overhead? Well, that’s what you can experience when you go to this park in downtown Austin. 📍 Auditorium Shores - Austin, TX On any given day, you’ll find pickup soccer groups popping up pug goals and laying down cones to play at the foot of the gorgeous Austin skyline. But you’ll also find some unexpected spectators watching you play… See, right next to the park, sits Congress Avenue Bridge, where the famous Austin bats take flight from. It is estimated that approximately 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats reside under this bridge, making it the largest urban bat colony in North America. So, if you do have the chance to play footy at this wonderful location in Austin, make sure you also look up at the skies during sunset (between late March and early fall) to see them zooming overhead. And don’t worry, they are generally harmless to humans and not aggressive, so you can rest assured they won’t affect your game! Follow clubeleven f...