Field notes, v1307
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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