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They’re even developing a routine: spending the night on the branches of a roost tree before following each other in flight at dawn, according to a Friends of Big Bear Valley Facebook post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

He said previously the team would have to climb the trees at night to "try to visually identify a species occupying a bat roost", which was time consuming.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

“And I think that’s going to accelerate in the back half of the year, when these high energy costs and fertilizer costs come to roost for our major agricultural producers,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

And he has been patrolling the skies and the lawns since 2008, ruling the roost at the centuries old site.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The melancholy mood of evening spread along the river, and after the strange cries of birds settling to roost were gone, a strange silence fell upon the river.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The development is expected to displace 130 bat roosts but Reform UK county councillor, Vernon Smith, said he was astonished by the cost of the project.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

His team has closely monitored this elusive forest-dwelling species using "smart" roosts equipped with antennas to detect implanted microchips in the bats.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

Researchers have tested out blowing probitoic-laden dust into bat roosts when they vacate for the night, allowing it to coat them when they return.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024

"Protecting these maternity roosts, or promoting them where they do not yet exist, is an important part of conservation."

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

Beyond the bat roosts, the cave became drier and dustier.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

To test the method, the team examined hundreds of tiny fossil bones left behind by owls that once roosted inside the cave.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Colorful birds roosted on tangled branches and trunks, and small paths under the green and occasionally yellow leaves beckoned us to explore.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

Many of these were condors that had roosted in Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs, the same place where captive-bred birds were first released in 1996.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 29, 2023

Bats that were fleeing this human-caused disaster roosted above pigsties in Malaysia.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023

But rows of fat hens roosted contentedly in their roosting boxes, with their red-combed heads nestled into their plump bodies.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

In March, the Town of Hillsborough sued Kenneth and Linda Ostrand, demanding they stop feeding a large group of the black vultures roosting on their property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The falconer says the hawk is trained not to attack pigeons or gulls but will instead scare them into roosting and nesting elsewhere.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Expect to see and hear more chickens roosting in the next four years.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025

And as part of the toll lane, they have requested Caltrans create a plan that would ensure the bats aren’t disturbed going forward, especially in their roosting season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

The area was a favored roosting site for thousands of blackbirds that were feeding in nearby cornfields.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson