Field catalogue #1-1072 and journal, v1669
Page 169
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J.O. Stanley 1976 26. 15 Sept. (cont'd.) Saw 3 wild mustangs grazing in the small canyon before the turnoff of SR-39. This road to the spring is VERY ROUGH and could not take my Vega on it. Loaded everything into Mike's truck and bombed away. Arrived at the spring after dark and, finding we had left 2 sets of poles back with my car, set up one net! Sam investigated the source of this creek in a small cave-like opening in the mountain looking for salamanders, but this had been much disturbed. Not many bat seen flying which puzzled Mike. He has seen excellent activity here in the past. It is probably due to the rain they have had in the past week, the cool temperature, and a strange year. Mike believes that the test sites may have something to do with the decreased numbers, but I doubt it. In any event, we got 3 bats before closing the net at 10:30pm -- 1 Pipistrellus, 1 Myotis californicus and 1 Myotis volans. Mike fortunately pointed out