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1948
Person
Aug 23 Left 9:30 am. with Jennifer, Worman, auntie Pearson, and
Katherine Fligg for Calaveras Dam (Alameda Co.). Arrived
down 11:30. Hot and sunny, water level of reservoir low.
Mr. Macarthy let us into the large (20ft. diam. +/-)
concrete inspection tunnel and the smaller pipe tunnel on--the
both--which run into dam. Much grass near entrance
of larger but no bats seen in either. also much grass
in the tunnel where the pipe enters hill below --4 mile
below dam, but no bats infest 100 yds of this tunnel.
Many droppings around edge of tile roofed aerating bldg.,
but saw only one bat under the tiles, probably Myotis,
but couldn't poke it out. Macarthy makes weekly
inspections in the first two tunnels and doesn't see
bats there ordinarily. He does see them flying around
the mouth of the tunnel "about 7 or 8 o'clock."
Saw a doe and large fawn in the swampy place below
the dam, and occasional ground squirrels along road between
Milpitas and the dam. also "" at the dam.
Stopped at 3 wooden bridges and a few abandoned
houses on way home, but no bats. Home 5 p.m.