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H Pearson
1950
9
about 1/2 mi past the big quarry operated by the
Pacific Portland Cement Co. from the quarry on the
road is roughly like this:
quarry
little dam
bigger than
cave path -> to Placeriella
The cave consisted of two fairly large chambers
with lots of nooks & crannies suitable for bats although
the chambers themselves were somewhat light for bats.
Then came a wild goose chase looking for the
small cave N on route 40. We finally found the
mentioned cave, which was small & had for
droppings in it, but wasn't suitable for bats --
quite lite. Lunched + home by 5:30
May 4, 1950 Left at noon with OP for Petaluma marshes.
Set out a few line traps there near the hunt
club (38 for me, 50 for OP) and drove over to
Guerne. Arrived at Sidki's barn about 4 o'clock
and found the bats mainly in two rather diffuse
clusters near the ridgepole in the attic. We hung up
nets & plugged all the holes we could find and
think that only one Corynorhinus escaped us. We
netted 73, all females, x moth pregnant. We