3rd June 2010
ByHi Folks
Last night was not a good night, as we got caught out by very heavy rains. Normally, we close the traps ahead of time if we think it is going to rain. So from about 6 pm we start staring at the sky and trying to decide if its going to rain or not. Last night though, we had no warning; everything looked fine at 6 pm but at around 7.15 pm a storm started to blow in from nowhere! By that time it is too late to close the traps, especially when they are so far into the forest. By 8 pm when we left to check the traps it was raining, and we had thunder and lightning for most of the rest of the night.
So we had a very small evening catch (just four bats), and nothing this morning. The traps set were KL0715, KL0717, KL0719, KL0721, KL0723, KL0725, KL0727, KL0729, KL0731, KL0733, KL0735, KL0737. Fingers crossed for a better night tonight!
| Band | R | Date | Time | Trap | Species | Sex | Age | FA(mm) | Wt(g) |
| MBCRUC0883 | R | 3-Jun-10 | 21:00 | KL0735 | Rhinolophus trifoliatus | M | A | 52.4 | 14.25 |
| 3-Jun-10 | 21:00 | KL0733 | Kerivoula pellucida | F | A | 33.3 | 4.50 | ||
| MBCRU7120 | R | 3-Jun-10 | 21:00 | KL0733 | Kerivoula intermedia | M | A | 28.9 | 3.50 |
| MBCRU2162 | 3-Jun-10 | 21:00 | KL0727 | Kerivoula intermedia | M | A | 29.1 | 3.25 |
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