Field notes, v1308
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Greene, H. 1991 August 15 We both think he looks heavy and well fed compared (continued) to C. mrollossus #3. We set out of sight, then checked #8 at 1025h, and his head is bent backe: Walking down the mountain we collected a gravid ? Throsaurus ornatus as a voucher for the study site. After lunch we processed rattlesnakes and a Pituphis mrelolencus Dave Hardy caught yesterday on the Paradise Rd. ~1 mi. NW of Portal (J 1166+175mm, 600g). at 1525h, we found Croialus mrollossus #3 on the E. bank of the same ravine, ~30m W of this Dmad across that ravine from where he was at 1730h on the 13th. The snake was in the open and rattled once as Dave walked up on him. At 1655h, C. mrollossus #8 is 3m SE of this DM, coiled under a boulder edge, w/ edge of coiland head pointing out; it is cool and overcast. As we hiked down the mountain I heard a dry rustle and saw a large Seeloperus clarki descend head-first the dry stalk of an agave. Every was chillng and there were stores in the distance, but we drove to the State Line and back, catchi a Tantilla migriceps on Portal Rd. and a Trimophodon between the store and the Hardys' house. August 16 Early this Am Dave was called about Neil Ford's