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Quast
1948
Journal
45
May 2 Mulege 25± F Baja California
Minimum temperature last night at our camp
11 mi SSE Santa Rosalia was 57° F. Birds
seen near there included Seawallows (flying
over th estero), an Osprey, and a Loggerhead
Shrike. One Antelope Ground-squirrel was
seen 1 mile south of this.
6:00 P.M. We are comfortably camped in
one of the rooms of the Government building
in Mulege. A spring was broken in the Dodge
truck and is being repaired at present.
Just after we arrived at this town (12:00
A.M.-noon) The four of us caught 2 S and 20 F
Tadarida mexicana in the ceiling between a
2 x 12 and the wall (see species account). At
5:00 P.M. we caught approx 40 Myotis
yumanensis in a crevice between 2 x 12's
that support a roof over a large porch in
the back of this building (see species account).
Mulege is placed in an arroyo about one
mile from the sea. It is very similar to
San Ignacio in its setting in the volcanic
mountains and its many palm trees and
pond in the center. There is a government prison
up on the hill and xxxx we are placed directly
beneath it. The mission has been rejuvenated
and its neat, white appearance is probably
nothing like the old building. No bats