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Greene, H.
1992
August 16 (continued) boulder ~40m SW (below) Pole 1, but couldn't see him even though I drop down into a cleft beside it where the sign was strongest. At 1043h I found C. molossus ♀15 20m N of yesterday's site in a prickly pear/Neotoma nest conglomerate, signal only. At 1053h I found the sign of C. molossus ♀16 in a prickly pear/Neotoma conglomerate ~15m N of the big mesquite where she has been the past few days. I couldn't locate the sign of C. molossus ♂13, and didn't try for ♂11 because my receiver is out of charge. Returned to find 5 eggs of Diadophis are slit (this started last night, see separate notes); three hatched by late afternoon.
August 17 Two more Diadophis have hatched, total 5; 3 are slit; 1 still unslit. At 0835h C. molossus ♂13 & ♀17's signs are in the same place. At 0857h I found C. molossus ♂#9 in a tight coil under the base of an alligator jumper on the N. base of Silver Creek, SSE of Pole 1. At 0905h I spotted C. molossus ♀#12 at the same overhang, in a different posture, posterior in sun, no obvious food lump (photos). At 0936h ♀#15 is crawling slowly through Opuntia in the open and rattled briefly when I passed within 1m; she is ~40m N of yesterday's site. At 0942h ♂#13 rattles at me from 2m at