Gallon 1949 Myotis californicus -/- Aug 28 3 mi. N Willows Creek, 700 ft, Humboldt Co, Calif. The first bat flying tonight along Coon Creek was collected about 6:30 p.m. This evening. I fired a .38 at it and it immediately went into a spiral, landing in a nearby tree. I had time then to knock out my .38 and reload, returning to finally knock it down. Apparently firing a shot under a closed canopy jams the "radar" system of the bat, temporarily at least, and they begin spinning upwards, until they strike an object that they can cling to until they get straightened out again, or if they don't hit an object they just circle on up into clear sky, until they recover their senses and go again.