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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