Field notes, v1443
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LIDCER 1981 Sep. 10 am also collection of fungi, wood specimens, etc. it is impressive. The more striking to beautiful wood interior decorating. Then we drove a few km. on dirt road to edge of large forest block where studies of Capreolus are being conducted. At 10:30 am began a count of "sarni" coming out of the forest to feed in the surrounding meadows & fields. K & I went one way around the forest, & Ron the other. We saw about 12 deer & Rons 3. The two we saw had collars, a few horn young & about 3 another bucks. On our own we observed a 3 & f wild boar close together. When the pair chased a single doe, the f of the pair apparently chased the single one which quickly ran away. After dark with increasing ground fog we walked back to the car. In this region Capreolus uses the forest during the day & open country at night. Around Kroków when there are larger areas of forest, the deer live entirely in the forest & are tamed/said. Around Poganów where forests are scarce, an open-country ecotype has developed which not only lives in the open, but when frightened it runs away from any trees. On driving back to Wrocowa we encountered considerable patches fog which was very thick in some places. Got back to hotel at 2200. Only new birds were: Wood Pigeon & Turdus sp. lark. Sep. 11 About 0930 left for the Instytut Ekologii. Two days later arrived it ~ 10:35. My seminar on