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Transcription
Quest
1948
Journal
118
June 12 La Laguna, 6200+ ft, Sierra de la Laguna, Bajo Calif.
it by swatting it with sticks and their
hands. Dr. Benson finally interfered
and released it away from camp.
June 13 Same Location Minimum temperature last night was
51° F.
Shot bats last night and obtained 1 Tadarida
mexicana, 1 Pipistrellus hesperus, and 2 Eptesicus
fuscus. Found that the Dasypeltus spp and
Tadarida mexicana would feed in the western
area of the flat over the flat and not along
the forest border as the Eptesicus fuscus and
Pipistrellus hesperus. I can find no explanation
why the bats were much more numerous over
the western section of the flat at dusk than
they were over the eastern section where ponds
and running water exist. The bats appeared
at 7:20 last night, all species being seen
within 10 minutes.
49 Museum Special mouse traps baited with
walnut and set along stream exit canyon among
willows and grass caught 2 Peromyscus truei
with no other traps disturbed. No other shrews
have been caught subsequent to Keith's (Murray)
Departed La Laguna about 10:30
June 13 Todos Santos, 50+ ft, Baja California
Shot bats this evening that were flying
over sugar-cane fields and around palm trees