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Greene, H.
1992
August 7 located the blacktails w/ Dave Hardy, Hart Welsh, & Amy Kind. at 0926 hr we found C. molossus ?#14 & C. molossus ? #8 lying loosely intertwined in grass at the entrance of the same hole under a boulder as last night. Their tails were crossed at the vent but they were not in copula. Occasionally the ? jerkily touched her back and tongue-flicked when she moved. At 09:42 hr they retreated slowly into the hole, her 1st and him blocking the entrance w/a coil, looking out. At 1045hr we found C. molossus ? #3 in the same site as yesterday, in a tight coil w/ head down in the cave - he jerked twice while I watched from 2 m, either because of insects or my presence? At 1120 hr we localized C. molossus ?#12 to approximately the same site but could not see her. At 1139 hr we found C. molossus ? #9's signal coming from behind the same rat nest under a ledge as before. At 1154hr we spotted C. molossus ? #13 (freq is 8774) immobile extended as if crawling, under a juniper tree in shade, ~300 m W. of previous site. At 1215 hr we spotted little ?#11 in exactly the same spot where I spooked him yesterday - he is in a hasty coil, facing W. After dinner Dave and I road hunted to the Siskaway site and got a DOR Salvadora early and chased a Crotalus scutulatus off the road at 2111 hr. Bright half moon.