Year
Unknown
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Transcription
Pearson
1957
27
Age breakdown of 54 banded bats:
1 yr old 5 ♀ 22 present 1956 - 2m fly
2 5 ♂ 11 1fly
3 6 ♂ 9 2w ygs
4 3 ♂ 3
>4 19 ♂ 23
Misc. 16 ♀ 20
Juveniles: 19♀♀ and 23♂♂
The babies raised from new born to 38 - flown.
Surprisingly, after seeing those with forea 35 -
fly at Halfpass, this largest baby was unable to fly.
8 adults still prey. 7 of the 56 were non breeders.
One ♀, non breeder, over 4 years old, had a funny
white mottling on her wing membrane.
He observed that the babies hang onto their
mothers mostly through the nipple, as many
flew with their bodies clinging only in this way.
When a bat mother + baby were hanging from a
walking along a beam he could see that the
baby (a very young one) was hanging to its
mother's nipple but its feet were on the beam
and it seemed to be walking along with its
mother.
One lone Tadarida under the board
on the stairs.
June 15, 1951 Aetna Springs, Napa Co., Calif.
Left Berkeley about 9:30 AM with OP, Carol + Peter.
Arrived at St. Helena near noon and found