Field notes, v1516
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tail well curved around her so that we couldn't see very well what was happening, but 1/2 hr later the baby was out and hanging onto her nipple, the placenta was just being expelled. June 8, 1950 Aetna Mines, Napa Co., Calif. Left Berkeley about noon with Mary Kapfer & children, Bernice Riney, & Carol & Peter. Looked in the kitchen attic & there were three awake Cory there -- one banded on the right wing, one unbanded, & a third. Located the colony still in the upper tunnel, this time much closer to the entrance than on our last trips. Took the rest of the afternoon off for a swim in Pope Creek & a leisurely supper on the gravel beach. About 11:0 o'clock Bernice & I went back to the upper tunnel and netted the whole cluster of bats, hanging about 20 yards in, where it was this afternoon. None escaped, and there were no other bats in the tunnel at the time. Temp. was 62°, as previously. There were 5 adults in the cluster of 28 bats. Of the 19 babies we had banded a week ago, 5 had left, but there were 9 new babies (last week there were only 5 pregnant females). Our prize baby who was brown while we were banding last week was there again. Caught one male - 49-1237/8.