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there, ft.
1992
August 21
Kierl's Ranch ~18:30 hr we saw two herds of
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Antilocapra south of Hwy 80, each a group of
females accompanied by a big male.
August 22
at 0845 hr I found C. molossus ♀ #17 50m W on
the same rock retaining wall, by a culvert pipe 2m
below (S. of) the road. Note an old shed skin nearby.
Today is overcast and humid. At 0910hr C. molossus
♂ #3 rattles and assumes a high coil at me from
<2 m away on the opposite side of a bush - he is
out crawling ~75 m NNW of yesterday's site
and ~10m W of the mine road, due W. of Pole 1.
At 0934hr I localized C. molossus ♀ #12's spiral
to 2m above and S. of her previous long-term
caching site. At 0951hr C. molossus ♂#9 is
in a hunky coil in the open, on the edge of a
ravine on S. side of Silver Creek, 30 m E. of
yesterday. At 1021 hr C. molossus ♀ #16 is in a
small steep gully below it between the right and center
"dolphin heads" ~150m N of the road and ≤50m
from her last site, in a resting coil tucked under
a boulder. At 1045 hr I saw C. molossus ♂#13
crawling into a packrat nest under an Opuntia
~75 m NNW of the road on the E. edge of a ravine
that ends near the W. edge of the main limestone
ledge system - and he put his head out as if
investigating me as I approach, which causes
me to ponder if he's not on the trail of a ♀. At