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Freese, H.
1990
August 22 1020 hr I found C. molossus #6 on a slope (continued) a few meters up from yesterday, due east,
and approx 50m WNW of the corner telephone pole.
He was in a tight coil, looking west; w/ tail
invisible; no reaction to my approach. At 1031 hr
I spotted C. molossus #3 stretched out an frozen
approx 3 m toward the culvert from the cactus (which is
just NW of where the path crosses the gully) - his
head was hidden from me under a small, fallen
sprig of juniper, but by moving along the opposite
bank I could see it was perpendicular to the
stream channel (currently dry) and slightly
raised off the ground. I watched from across the
gully, approx 10 m distant, w/ binoculars. At 1051 hr
he swung his head a few cm to his right,
tongue-flicked twice and froze w/ his head
beside a small rock - good place to ambush
something in the gully. At 1101 hr I left, but
re-checked at 1105 hr and he remained as before.
At 1245 hr, I found #3 under a large shrub
during a light rain, on the SW (opposite) side
of the gully and next to the path from the pullout
area down to it - perhaps 25 meters from the
cactus site of his moving. His head was down in
the flat coils; tail hidden. At 1730 hr (accompanied
by Richard and Nadia Siegel and Bill Juttermichelt,
I found, C. molossus #3 at the same spot