Field notes, v1308
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Greene, H. 1991 August 18 (continued) cedar or juniper skeleton against a low flat rock outcrop. in a tight round coil w/head in the center. At 1640h I found C. molossus #9 50m NW of the release site beneath the telephone pole outcrop, in dense brush, coiled, rattled as I approached. at 1655h I found rock cairn? C. molossus #3 at [word illegible!], then 50m S in the N. edge of the stream channel stretched in dense grass; he rattled when I stepped w/in 2m, then coiled. after dinner road hunted to Hwy 80, then our study site, then to SWRS. August 19 at 0900h Dave and I caught a Thamnophis cyrtopsis on the record in the center of our study site (E. of the picnic pullout); it thrashed and cloacal discharged when handled. At 0940h we found C. molossus #3 ~15m SW of the rd. and 75-100m W. of yesterday's cairn - stretched upslope in clearing w/ head in an S-coil (2 photos). At 1105h we found C. molossus #8 ~20m N. of the 1st telephone pole - after we walked up to the ridge and back! (This happened because we failed to check the signal walking up...). He is in a tight coil in a cavity at the base of a big Opuntia w/ his head out. At 1230h there was a big electrical storm. From 1400-1600h we all went to Antelope Pass to help Barney run his assays of traps, finally quitting because of rain. Barney picked up a fresh DOR Masticophis flagellum on the way back. August 20 Kelly and I left ~0730h, stopped in Tucson to pick