Field notes, v1522
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Evening was mostly clear + calm, temp at 9 p.m. 8°C. Saw a few lote flying about 9:30, caught one Hestiotus at about 11:00 p.m. nov. 3 Night was mostly clear, but sprinkles before dawn, and overcast + sprinkle at 7 a.m., no more lote. Temp. 8°C at dawn. Insects were flying last night at dusk. almost everyone we talked to is familiar with a Gasurra of some sort. Drove south asking for lote, but most people said none. Willows are in leaf and fruit trees blooming. Place blooming in Espuel, and tulips. Day of buncheguar - red-buck - thorn bush, poplars + willows around Estancia and Patitor. Camped in windy pamfa next to shallow pond with flamingos. Temp at 9 p.m. 6°C windy. Lost about 25 trips at ante about 40. nov. 4 Wind stopped early in night*, but morning drizzly and calm, 6°C. more pamfa as we drove south all morning. Tried the road from La Sequera to Lago Fortuna but too awful, so continued south. Last night's catch was 5 Elquinontia. Location was 38 km S Gobernador Costa. 3 Elginodonta discarded: adult o??: lots 6,7,7 Saw a few gnomosa maybe 10 mi N Rio Mayo along route 40, but more (maybe 30) after turning west toward Lago Blanco. They were in the most miserable parts of the pamfa (sparsest + lowest vegetation), sometimes mixed with sheep. Libea and fruit trees blooming in various towns, and a big spiral sorbery in the desert. Everyone agrees no lote. Vegetation becomes greener + grainer as you drive toward the mountains. West of Lago Blanco it became almost pure buncheguar with the green grass in between, crossed