Field notes, v1308
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Greene, H. September 29 scutellatus, torn w/ [illegible] the posterior 1/5 of its body (continued) missing! September 30 Today I leave for Tucson, spend the night w/ Billie and Dave Hardy, then fly back to Berkeley in the morning. Today is spectacularly clear - a truly blue sky - w/ light freeze and warm sun. At 0828h I located Crotalus molossus [illegible] #9's signal coming from under the same boulder as yesterday. At 0839h I found C. molossus [illegible] #10 in exactly the same site and posture as before. At 0900 h. I spotted C. molossus #3 [illegible] 3m up the E. bank of the big arroyo, thus across it and [illegible] 20m from yesterday. I had walked w/in 2m and past, then realized the signal had shifted - he hadn't rattled, but instead was pulling up under the base of a yucca and faced out w/ head and neck in an S-coil. Next I walked around downslope from C. molossus #9 and checked w/ binoculars at 0915, 0930, and 0945 h. but no sign of the snake - the entrance hole is in full sun. At 1005h I returned up the arroyo to photograph C. molossus #3 - he is now in an open coil w/ the food bulge out in the sun, At 1020 h I couldn't see C. molossus #9 from above the boulder.