Hesse, H. 1990 August 22 and frogs. At 0926 hr I found C. molossus #1 (continued) ~3m west of yesterday, in the open by a prickly pear - perhaps startled by me but no rattle. At 0931hr C. molossus #3 is locked in an identical coil in the cactus as when first encountered. At this point I heard and saw two acorn woodpeckers "mobbing" the big Sperraphilus variegatus - The squirrel was ~8m up, near the top of a large oak tree near (few meters) his garbage can retreat. Green acorns litter the ground. Squirrel continues to eat acorns (I can see him pluck them w/ mouth and sometimes hold w/ fore paws) While the birds vocalize and flutter from as little as 20cm away. Twice the squirrel moved several meters along large limbs and the birds flew after him, landed on branches and resumed the harassment. At 0938hr the squirrel descended rapidly from the tree followed for a few meters in flight by the woodpeckers. At ?? Were they defending the acorns? At 1000hr I located C. molossus #5 on a ledge under an overhang, on the south edge of a wooden nest (many sticks), on the west side of the large arroyo just below and west of the mining road. She is in an asterisk coil, lead up on outer coil (?-see photos) w/ trail and rattle clearly visible and trailed to the north over the nest. At