Year
Unknown
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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Transcription
Anta had set a steel trap in an armadillo burrow.
The trap was gone, apparently dropped down into the
burrow. Tried to dig it out but never reached the end.
Found a not-very-deep new two-two burrow; he had been cutting twigs of Sesavio bush and a [illegible] bush,
but not nears. Not sure on grid at near, although Anta and Dick saw an Abalone at about 11 a.m.
First photo was grazed (left) and double eplosure (right).
Second photo was double eplosure (left) and single eplosure
(right).
Guests, food & wine for lunch along with
a half dozen visitors such as Adolfo Sarmento
in charge of the eplosures and Mrs. Manero in charge
of the weather recording. About 3 p.m. drove to Candelón
Bonto a few km. east (but still on INTA land) and saw a
mallín with a 10-year double eplosure and a 10-year
single eplosure. Photo of Anta in the double eplosure among
cardelones and dense bunch grasses, other grasses, lots of
accumulated dead material. Lots of runways but now
with cuttings or droppings, many of them messy. The
mallín is boggy all winter, according to Sarmento, so the
runways are probably left over from last autumn. The
surrounding area is only lightly grazed. Another field
had been plowed or chained or something with a tractor to
destroy its reeds about 6 yrs ago. It seems to be
practically look to normal with big mesas bushes etc.
Saw 5 adult rhear grazing among sheep. They say