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P. PEARSON
1950
30
a few yards away. Skinned in afternoon, then put out
4 steel traps near camp, +2 Schnyler's baited with banana.
after supper a wind storm came up accompanied by
1/4 inch rain. No jacklighting.
Day mostly sunny with breeze. Moon 33°, humid ± 40°.
Temp. later in afternoon got up to 36°.
july 21
1 morning in a Schnyler and 1 bat in a banana-
baited steel trap set in thick brush under RR bridge. Went
small-an-hunting in the morning till about 2:30 down our
Quebrada to the river, then up the river toward Villanueva; then
down the river to the left quebrada north of ours, then
home down the RR. Saw some Stelgidopteryx circling
over brushy fields down our quebrada but got none.
Put out some bat traps under the RR bridge -
rosettes of banana-baited museum specials on the ground
surrounding a very ripe piece of banana, also 2 on
fence posts nearby. Also 1 steel, 2 Schnyler's, and about
15 museum specials baited with banana along the stream
among trees in the 1st quebrada north.
Day mostly sunny, a few clouds. Temp at 2 p.m. 33°;
humidity about ± 40°.
Went jacklighting with Smith down the quebrada to the
top of the tree and beyond through the gloomy stretch. Saw a few
gloomwills and many bats around the top of the tree. They either land
or hover to pick things off the tree. Also several bats under RR
bridge. Then jacklighted along the RR to the right quebrada
north but saw nothing. One bat in the vampire tunnel but
it flew as soon as my light struck it.