Here, It. 1989 June 4 (continued) That indicates David Hardy found it here on May 6th of this year. The hole is only a few cm in diameter, and all I could see was the side of a body segment w/ the head resting on it and facing directly out. The snake's colors seem dull to me, but the light was poor. Is it waiting to shed, waiting for rain (not due for another month or more), or waiting for a Nestoma to choose that hole for a nest? The last doesn't seem likely because the snake seems ill positioned to strike. I stabbed my knee on an agave or some other plant coming down the slope. Beginning ~ 1930 hrs, I rode hunted until ~ 2115hrs - up Cave Creek Canyon to SWRS, down to Portal and out to Hwy 80 via StateLine Rd. Drove to ~ 22 mi SW of StateLine Rd. To the area where I collected Sistrurus catenatus last year and made two circuits of the Bernardino Valley. Saw no snakes all evening, nor did I see any lizards going up to see the blacktail. June 5 Drove up to SWRS and back at ~ 0930, w/ a sidetrip to South Fork - saw only birds and a squirrel. Creeks dry in lower canyon, but there is still a low water ford below the South Fork picnic area as well as at least one bridge on the way in. From ~ 1630 - 1730 hr I explored at the base of the slope on the W side of the dry bed of South Fork, ~ 1/2 mile from the turnoff. Very dry, although there were insects under some rocks. Saw a few active juvenile and adult Sceloporus