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edible weeds of the world chapter for a book. He also has a small grant
Rapoport was there, working on an
went up to Ecotono in the afternoon.
Paid bills etc around town: 1.5 hours in time to pay the light and water bill.
Clouded up in Bariloché later in the afternoon.
town are in full bloom.
no sheep or cattle seen, a few horses. The Nothro trees on our street in
behind the school house, the entrance to lower La Fragua Canyon. Almost
green, and there hasbeen at least one more pig there. Lots of dead pines
and Anita found two Euneomys droppings. The Villages mallin not very
At the First Summit we checked for droppings: quite a few Reithrodon,
locked and no car at the house.
Then drove east to Martha's gate east of the last cliffs, but his gate was
great as in the year we studied them here
than in recent years but not as
pig accumulations. Some bare sign. This is much more sign of Reithrodon
Reithrodon holes, and lots of scattered Reithrodon pellets but not many
brick factory was very dry, no moisture in the low places. Lots of tuco and
east end of Atreoyo-I.a.Fragua. The pig meadow east of the lake at the
condors on the cliff behind Martha's schoolhouse, and none on the cliffs at
winter birds, but a half-dozen ibis feeding out in the dry lake bottom. No
completely dry, most of the basin covered with short green vegetation. No
Ramon. Road in good shape; 3 squashed tires en route. The lake is
At about 10:30 we drove out to the Laguna de los Juncoos on Escuela San
November 8 - Bariloché. Overmght low 51°; high 64°. Midday sunny, not windy.
software engineering.
by, might want to buy the apartment. He is embarked on a 2-year course in
down), Tommy Christie came back from the body shop and buttered around town. November 7 - Bariloché. Overnight low 56°; afternoon high 66°. Got the car
same. John says it has rained once since they arrived 2 weeks ago.
Many colonies seem to be centered around a chachay tree, or a clump of
they seem to eat Senecio during the winter but not in the spring-summer.
Reithrodon coming out of the same burrow as the tuco. John says that
ago, a tuco in a burrow early in the evening and then, later that night, a
are many Reithrodon droppings around. Only 200 m away I caught, years
There
Although they don't have big ears? Also, his description of the color, same
like Reithrodon which is supposed to be nocturnal. Maybe Loxodontomys
down). John sees mice during the day frequently; his description sounds
including lots of radio tagged ones from last year (with batteries run
mark. For the third year in a row, an adult male has moved from one
colony to the adjacent colony. They say there are lots of tuco this year,