Field notes, v1517
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3 new ??: 1 tiny nipple. Went to Parish Cone at 1 p.m. Cone conditions same as last year and bats at about same places, some clustered and some not. Cone, again, straight on clustered ones. Temp. at place of greatest bat concentration 2° C. I pressed on shoulder of all females handled. Seven squeezed out of [illegible] of the Dubway females, but only three [illegible] of the Parish females. Bandling returns: 21 ?? 1 ? banded last year in Dubway 41 ♂ New ones banded: 25 ?? (10 tiny, 1 small, 6 large, 5 med. muffled) 25 ♀♀ (10 tiny/small/fielded, 1 med., 14 big) New ones be[illegible] 3 ♂♂ also b[eat] 2 banded ?? and 4 banded ♂♂ many bats flying when me left Parish Cone Also looked in both Ice Cones. One ? unbanded Cory in the smaller. Dared her. Looked in the old Creamery etc. at Cassel but no bats. Home 12:30 a.m. Berkeley Feb. 19 Last into at 4 p.m put 22 Benson traps baited with oatmeal in the meadow north of Orinda. Also looked at the abandoned orchards on Bear Creek Road but saw no sign of Microtus (saw no sign either at Orinda) also put 23 Bensons in heavy grass in Tilden Park across road from Camp Padre. And put 34 Shermana here also. Total catch at 9 a.m. was 2 Rattlers