Field notes, v1506
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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.