A casual afternoon bike ride along the Coyote Creek Trail turned into an auspicious opportunity for 16-year-old Jasper Jonnalagadda, when he captured a chance photograph that would go on to win second place in the National Wildlife Federation’s 2025 photo contest.
The image captures a nest of pallid and Mexican free-tailed bats roosting under Highway 101 in north Morgan Hill, packed into a weep hole beneath the freeway overpass.
It was selected from nearly 30,000 entries submitted by photographers from around the world for the Young Nature Photographers category…