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Greene, J.
1987
3 September (continued)
of C. viridis. Both were very jumpy snakes:
coiling tightly, rattling, and jerking about
when approached, and crawling rapidly away
when I first tried to hook them into a bucket.
One has a well-healed puncture scar at midbody.
At 1800 h I found a Tenaspene ornata sitting w/
tail out on the edge of (dirt) State Line Road; it
urinated copiously, struggled, and snapped when
picked up. After returning to Motel made one circuit up
Cave Creek Canyon to the SWRS and back to the Hardy's
House, but saw only a Mephitis and two fawns
(together), no snakes.
4 September
Lunch w/ Wade Sherbrooke. Overcast and cool all day
in the canyon, with a shower at SWRS at noon.
At 1630 h watched Geocoryx hunting (evidently) on the
rock wall behind the Hardy's house, under dense
mesquite. The bird hopped rock to rock, pausing
every few seconds, motionless except for tilting head
as if inspecting the lower branches - and I have
seen Crozaurus ornatus on this wall. Went road
hunting to the