mexican free-tailed bats in southeastern nevada, southwestern utah, western arizona, and southeastern california come together to migrate southwest to southern california and baja california. bats in southeastern utah, southwestern colorado, western new mexico, and eastern arizona travel through the western edge of the sierra madre oriental into jalisco, sinaloa, and sonora. in the summer, some bats in kansas, oklahoma, eastern new mexico, and texas migrate southward to south texas and mexico.