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Quest
1948
Journal
83
May 25 El Carrizalito, 1400 ft, 5 mi N. Santiago, Baja California
among the boulders, giving an impression of
much denser vegetation than that north of here.
To the east of her Limboi, Mesquite, Ironwood,
and Palo verde form a dense covering to the
flat valley floor.
Wild life is very plentiful here. Birds heard
and seen around the buildings were California
Jay, Mexican Dove, White-winged dove, Cactus
Wren, American Raven, Lila Woodpecker, and a
large hawk.
There are two water tanks on the hill about
75 yards west of camp. Tried Dr. Benson's
technique of placing fine wires across the sur-
face of the water, cross-crossed, and about
two feet apart. Because of the sides of the tank
extending above the water surface, the wires
were about one inch above the water. In
the tank we worked 3 Eptesicus fuscus and
one Pipistrellus hesperus hit the wires and
fell into the water where they were caught.
Many of the slower flying Pipistrellus and
possibly some of the larger bats hit the wires
and water but took off from the surface of
the tank before they could be caught. Trev's
working with his net over the other tanks
which is about 100 feet higher up the hill
could several Pipistrellus hesperus and Myotis