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Murray
1948
91
Journal
May 29 El Chorro, 2 mi W Agua Caliente, 8:00 A. (Cape District)
a steady flow to pass in a concrete trough
down the canyon. From this point upward,
running N.W., the canyon runs between high
hills and is very rocky. It is called Canyon
del Sauce. A little higher the mountains
are called Sierra San Rafael. Below us
the canyon broadens out and the wash
is covered with medium sized granite rocks.
Growing there is mesquite, palo blanco,
palo verde, yerba de la pasma and some
large oaks, of which we also saw a number
on the way here. Above us (north) towers
a very steep brush covered cliff and hillside.
The bats started flying early here, both the
pipistrelles and larger ones. All were
coming down off the hillsides, mostly
down the canyon, and most flying high.
They flew straight until some distance
below our camp. Then the pipistrelles began
to feed while the big bats sometimes dove
a few times on their way, but remained
quite high. Shot 12 Dasylemus ega, 13 Pipistrellus
hesperus. Dr. Benson shot 4 Tadarida femorosacca
farther up, which is apparently what many
of the larger bats with narrow wings were.
Also several other Dasylemus were taken