Field notes, v1308
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Heane, H. 1992 August 1 (continued) runway (down it from one side) from the edge of an Opuntia patch. at 10:21h I found C. molossus ♂ #3 at the same site as yesterday in a loose coil in sem-shade mosaic under vegetation next to the boulder. At ~10:45 I squatted across the ravine from where I saw C. molossus #9 earlier, today, looked up the gully and saw an adult ♂ C. molossus coiled tightly under a fallen agave next to a crevice under a boulder. (we later implanted him as #13, ♂ 964+78mm, 687g after regurgitating 2 of mostly Nestora totaling 53g). At 10:55h I found C. molossus #9 now 30-40m east of earlier site on the east edge of a small gully, under a boulder in shade, head facing out, tail sticking out and exposed. Stopped at the U.S. Forest Service Service Visitors Center, where yesterday a 45.5g ♀ Crotalus pricei (from Barfoot I think) gave birth to 2 dark young (3.6g, 3.9g) plus 2 "slugs." After processing the 2 ♂ C. molossus and releasing the unintended animal, Dave and I met Barry Torberlin to look for our 2 helvetered Crotalus atrox near Jeff Gye (sp?)'s house ~2 miles E. of Portal.