Field notes, v1538
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Quest 1948 Journal 61 May 13 Santa Ana Arroyo de Los Viejos, 25 ft, 24°03'N, 110°58'W Baja California The group shot and netted 7 bats last evening at dusk. The bats were flying about palm and "Mangle Dulce" trees adjoining a small pond into which water is dumped for cattle. All the bats were Myotis californicus of which I shot one male. I saw no bats that I could identify as other kinds than above. Minimum temperature last night was 51°F, the night being very clear and still with a light dew in the morning. A breeze arises about 10 A.M. each morning and dies about 5 in the afternoon. Large abalones and oysters are obtainable about 5 miles north of here. Saw several Antelope Ground Squirrels along road yesterday. May 14 4 miles north of La Paz, Sea Level, Baja California We camped in a salt flat in back of beach north about 3 miles east of La Paz. 1/2 mile W. of us is an oil storage depot and wharf. Minimum temperature two last night was 67°F, noticeably warmer than Santa Ana. The trip from Santa Ana was an easy one taking only three hours. The first 2/3 of the trip was a gradual climb over the plain to the low summit before La Paz. The vegetation was typical of the plain region and appeared very dusty and dry. One Antelope Ground Squirrel