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May 1972
Journal 53
Redolita, Arrecife, Paraguay,
28 Sept it looks as if bat net the beams for
megal roosts (scattered droppings). No
squeakings or Tadarida smell yet fresh
droppings on the pile under the beams.
Saw some very large bats - arileus? -
leaving a palm at about 6:20 PM.
They were in its leaf bases & debris near
the trunk about 30' high. Put out
3 nets, 1 under the overhang of the
mangos, one at the end of a paved patio,
& one on the porch near the beam under
which bat roost. At about 6:30 we
cought 4 Myotis 2 under the mangos & 2
at the end of the porch, & at 6:40 wep
caugth a Molossus on the porch. nets closed 7 PM.
Bats were in breeding condition (except
the Molossus) & none had any fat
to speak of - nothing like the gobsof
fat we were seeing 6 weeks ago.
29 Sept Set up 7 nets: 1 60ft net, 2 30' foot
nets under & 2 18' net under the mangos,
one '18' met at the porch, & 1 30'met at
the edge of the patio. Clear, cool - ~70°F.
For all this work we caught 7 English
sparrows & 4 trash bats (all under the
mangos): 1 artiles, 1 small stripephylllostari'd, 1 sterning, & 1 Molossus.