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M3 Brock
1956
Journal
May 10
Jct. Dungeness + Greywolf R., ±800 ft. (Sec 30, T29N, R3W) Clallam Co., Wash.
Another toad was taken on the morning walk checking
the trap line. All that was caught in the traps were two
Peromyscus. The day was very cloudy some rain during
the day and some last night. During the day a
fish hatching truck came by and the man in the
truck - superintendent of Dungeness Fish Hatchery,
Ernie Branon - told us he was looking for a place
along the stream where he could plant fish when
the time came. Dr. Berson asked him whether he
knew of any building occupied by bats. He
commented that the hatching buildings had bats in the
attic. We asked if there was a place nearby to camp, he
said there was. Because we knew about this new locality,
we left our campsite at about 11:00 o'clock after having
prepared our days mammal catch. We arrived at the
Dungeness Fish Hatchery at about 1:00 PM and
talked to Mr. Branon who told us the bats were still
in the hatchery. Since the attic was right overhead
the living quarters of one of the hatchery helpers who
had his children sleeping until two o'clock, we did
not go into the attic until 2:00. The attic was a
very warm dark room occupied by many bats. We
gobbled as many as we could and stuffed them in
a sack. The bats were grouped in two major bunches.
There appears to be two species of Myotis. Of all the
specimens taken only one was a male. Five were
prepared as study skins the rest were put in the