Field notes, v1522
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Property. It is only a few hundred yards from our site of last night. We were told by the owner (? or son?) that it had no bats and was dangerous to enter because it was falling down. Went back to the farm where Kovacs took us yesterday and where we did not see or heard bats but were told Kovacs collected a "swarm" of them last year. Today at 10 am, we could hear them squawling and could see a few scurrying between the wooden roof and the corrugated iron. Collected one with long forceps - a pregnant ? mystic?, very dark. The daughter reported that several were hanging on & came out in to the open at 7 pm, last night shortly after we had breakfast. This farm is about 4 km S of the Hoyo de Espuyen and has the huge tall fine grained eucalyptus at the gate, east side of road. Visited Jorge Pinedo in afternoon. Huge number of wild roses are needing this whole away; no dove seen, although people say they are present. Not squawled on roof as they are elsewhere. at 7 pm Returned to the Eucalyptus barn (granero of Antonio ? and Flora Albion de Mayorga), which is about 4 km S of the Comisera of El Hoyo (no longer being called Hoyo de Espuyen) or 1/2 km N of the El Hoyo school. They have a 6-foot diameter sequoia gigante planted about 1917 and a quingho. Mystics were awake and in a cluster on a beam near the ridge. Collected about 20 of them, maybe half, all females. Strung 2 nets outside the barn hoping for males. Evening cloudy, some wind in trees but not at ground level, temp at 9:20 14°. Bats emerged from west end of barn and flew higher than nets. Auto set traps in barn. Daughter beating a spot informed says bats are present winter & summer. The fact that they use the granero for storing apples indicates that the temp does not drop very low. granero = barn.