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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