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Posted by: | CommentsWe messed up again! We saw some rain clouds headed our way and closed off the traps at the last minute because it looked like it would rain. Well, it didn’t rain this time. We don’t have any capture data for you today because the traps were closed. We will try again tomorrow.
Bat Data 17 Feb 09
Posted by: | CommentsHi Everyone,
Well at last it rained a bit last night – just as we were heading into the forest. There were very high winds for a while first, and then the rain finally came but it didn’t really amount to too much – just 0.6 cubic cm, barely enough to wet the ground. It’s really getting quite hot here. The traps run were KL1053, KL0155, KL0157, KL0159, KL0161, KL0163, KL0165, KL0167, KL0169, KL0171, KL0173, KL0513.
We had a very nice capture last night — Rhinolophus macrotis – only the 9th time we have caught it in the reserve – and only the third time at Kuala Lompat. The last time I saw it here was in August 1999!! So it’s nearly as special as the Coelops robinsoni. See the picture below.
Here is the bat data for today:
| Band | R | Date | Time | Trap | Species | Sex | Age | FA(mm) | Wt(g) |
| MBCRU5731 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0161 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 29.8 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRU5730 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0159 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 29.5 | 3.25 | |
| MBCRU5729 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0157 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 30.1 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRUA7148 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0155 | Kerivoula papillosa | F | A | 42.7 | 11.00 | |
| MBCRU7174 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0163 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 30.7 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRUC1929 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0165 | Rhinolophus stheno | M | A | 44.8 | 8.75 | |
| MBCRUC1930 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0173 | Kerivoula papillosa | F | A | 41.7 | 11.50 | |
| MBCRU5728 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0171 | Kerivoula krauensis | F | A | 30.5 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRUC1928 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0171 | Rhinolophus stheno | M | A | 44.9 | 9.25 | |
| MBCRUC1927 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0165 | Rhinolophus stheno | F | A | 45.5 | 9.00 | |
| MBCRUC1926 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0173 | Kerivoula papillosa | M | A | 44.2 | 9.50 | |
| MBCRU5727 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0171 | Rhinolophus lepidus | F | A | 40.8 | 6.00 | |
| MBCRUC1925 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0165 | Rhinolophus stheno | M | A | 45.3 | 8.50 | |
| MBCRU5726 | 17-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0153 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 30.2 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRUC1924 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0155 | Kerivoula papillosa | M | A | 39.5 | 7.50 | |
| MBCRUC1923 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0165 | Hipposideros cervinus | M | A | 50.0 | 9.00 | |
| 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0171 | Kerivoula pellucida | M | A | 28.9 | 4.00 | ||
| MBCRUC1922 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0173 | Rhinolophus macrotis | F | A | 46.6 | 7.50 | |
| 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0155 | Kerivoula pellucida | F | A | 31.0 | 5.00 | ||
| MBCRUC1921 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0165 | Rhinolophus stheno | F | A | 44.9 | 9.00 | |
| MBCRUC1920 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0163 | Rhinolophus stheno | F | A | 44.8 | 9.50 | |
| MBCRUA7074 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0163 | Rhinolophus trifoliatus | M | A | 48.3 | 12.50 | |
| MBCRU5724 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0171 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 29.9 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRUC1919 | 17-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0153 | Kerivoula papillosa | F | A | 41.1 | 7.00 |
Life at Kuala Lompat
Posted by: | CommentsDr. Kingston said some of you have asked about where we live and what it’s like living here. I am taking some pictures and video that show every day life here at the research station. I am not quite finished with the pictures, but I should be able to upload them tomorrow when we report tomorrow’s capture data. I have been able to get out and see some really cool stuff the last few days. Two of the nearby villages made arrangements to have a day of friendly competition. I was able to attend the event an got to watch a really cool game they play here with tops. In the U.S. tops are kids’ toys, but here they are serious! The tops weight about 1 Kg and are made of hard wood. They spin them with ropes and a good spin can last a couple of minutes. Anyway, I have some video of the top game and some pictures from around the research station to show you tomorrow. Bye for now!
Bat Data 15th Feb 09
Posted by: | CommentsHi kids! Dr. Kingston is busy with her volunteers today so I am reporting the capture data. The weather has not changed much, it’s still very hot with no rain. We did have maybe 10 mins of rain on Saturday, but we weren’t trapping then. The traps for this set of data are: KL0105, KL0109, KL0111, KL0113, KL0115, KL0117, KL0119, KL0121, KL0123, KL0125, KL0127. We had to close trap KL0113 in the evening because of ants.
Here is the trap data:
| Band | R | Date | Time | Trap | Species | Sex | Age | FA(mm) | Wt(g) |
| MBCRU5654 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0127 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 29.5 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRUC1947 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0113 | Rhinolophus stheno | M | A | 46.0 | 8.50 | |
| MBCRUC1946 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0127 | Kerivoula papillosa | F | A | 41.4 | 11.00 | |
| MBCRUC1945 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0119 | Rhinolophus stheno | M | A | 47.4 | 9.00 | |
| MBCRU5655 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0123 | Rhinolophus lepidus | F | A | 41.0 | 6.00 | |
| MBCRUC1944 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0105 | Rhinolophus stheno | F | A | 41.6 | 8.50 | |
| MBCRU5653 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0105 | Kerivoula intermedia | M | A | 27.9 | 3.00 | |
| MBCRUC1943 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0105 | Kerivoula papillosa | M | A | 42.2 | 9.00 | |
| 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0105 | Kerivoula pellucida | M | A | 29.6 | 4.50 | ||
| MBCRU5652 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0117 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 29.5 | 3.50 | |
| MBCRU5737 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0113 | Murina suilla | F | A | 31.7 | 4.00 | |
| MBCRUC1459 | R | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0117 | Kerivoula papillosa | F | A | 41.8 | 9.50 |
| MBCRU5738 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0121 | Murina suilla | M | A | 30.2 | 3.50 | |
| THK3517 | 15-Feb-09 | 21:00 | KL0111 | Hipposideros diadema | M | A | 85.5 | 42.00 | |
| MBCRUC1941 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0105 | Kerivoula papillosa | M | A | 41.0 | 8.50 | |
| MBCRUC1942 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0117 | Hipposideros cervinus | F | A | 49.9 | 9.50 | |
| MBCRUC1940 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0105 | Rhinolophus trifoliatus | F | A | 53.0 | 17.50 | |
| MBCRUC1939 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0105 | Rhinolophus trifoliatus | M | A | 49.4 | 14.00 | |
| MBCRUC1938 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0117 | Hipposideros cervinus | M | A | 51.0 | 9.00 | |
| MBCRU5736 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0111 | Kerivoula intermedia | F | A | 29.9 | 3.00 | |
| MBCRUC1937 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0111 | Rhinolophus trifoliatus | F | A | 42.7 | 16.50 | |
| MBCRUC1461 | R | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0123 | Kerivoula papillosa | M | A | 41.6 | 9.00 |
| MBCRU5735 | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0119 | Rhinolophus lepidus | M | A | 41.4 | 6.00 | |
| R | 15-Feb-09 | 7:00 | KL0125 | Kerivoula pellucida | M | A | 29.8 | 4.50 |
Happy Chinese New Year! (Gong Xi Fa Chai)
Posted by: | CommentsHey Kids! Danny here … I just wanted to give you a little update of my own. Malaysia has a large population of Chinese people, and right now they are wrapping up their Chinese New Year celebrations. Yesterday while Dr. Kingston and I were running around in KL we got to see a traditional Chinese Lion dance! I didn’t have my big video camera with me, but I was able to record some of the performance on my mobile phone. I am trying to upload the videos to our vimeo website. After the Lion dancers there was a Chinese calligrapher writing names for people. I was able to get him to write you all a message. There is a video of him writing that as well. Extra bonus for anyone who can figure out what the message says!
We are heading off to Kuala Lompat in a few minutes. I will write some more once we get there and have our internet connection set up.
