Argentina field notes, v1528
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39 Seems as though the open-country ones avoid the jacklight. Combining yesterday's and today's: at least 7 individuals in 300 yards of linear habitat; all rather evenly spaced (except for the two that bumped into each other yesterday). Sote of hares. May 11 When the captive ate all her green grass this morning I offered her dry alfalfa pellets (ate a couple), potato (she ate a little), alfalfa (ate a little more), clover (ate some but left leaves), Lactuca - aka tall dandelion (ate it); her favorite when I put in a mixture of green grass & seed heads seemed to be dry seed heads of the beardt barley grass. Then she scented to green grass, at even faster than yesterday's 10 cm in 20 sec, scouting like 10 cm in 15 sec. Her body temp: yesterday at 10 a.m. ad 3:20 p.m. was 34.6° ad 35.4° (air 20°), alert & completely alert all times. Today after an active period at 9:30 a.m. was 39.0°; room 19°. 39 fresh fresh droppings collected on Sarah in a closed cage within 10 or 15 min of defecation weighed 2.1g When dry = 1.485g, 0.6, 0.6 — dry/wet ratio = 0.276 el Condor Photographed at the road strip 7:30 to 10 p.m.; 7:30 - 8:57 NVG. Nothing seen until a little before 8:00. Night clear, calm, cold, new moon set about 8:00. Then saw 2 within 5 m near the Gulley Brook, 1 at the Trunk, and 2 at the Bush. These two