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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.