Includes various scenes (trims and out-takes) on board a ship (likely Alaska) and in Arizona and New Mexico, notably footage of cactus, desert wildlife and birds. Includes title panels "Potatoes may be all right, but crabs caught that very morning on the beach are better"; "Queer Creatures of the Cactus Country by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of Nature Magazine"; "The Trail of the Rainbow by Arthur N. Pack and Eleanor Pack"; "On the plateau above the valley of the Chama River, New Mexico"; "We push on by way of lovely Mesa Verde, the home of forgotten races of mankind"; and "Repeated cloudbursts bring more difficulties."
An overview of bats, including diet, mating season, and appearance. A brief discussion of bat species in Oregon is included. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.
Mastiff bat with wings held open. Image caption: “Mastiff bat of California: wing spread about 20 inches. Some 4 to 6 inches longer than the hoary bat, longest in Oregon.”