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Grease, H.
1992
August 23 yesterday, crawlig slowly, during head side to side,
(continued) tongue flicking, in low brush on the low plateau. At
1150h we found C. molossus ♀ #17 in a tight hair spin
coil against the rock wall base in grass at the same site as yesterday. At 1217h C. molossus ♀ #17 is
≤ 50m N of former site, out of sight in a hole.
At this point, viewing our study site, the main
plants are juniper, sotol, agave, sunac, acacia,
ocotillo, and prickly pear. Next came a frustrating
but ultimately successful search, because we
were rapidly running out of receiver power-
signal going up and down in volume, losing then
gaining directionality. At 1248h we found C.
molossus ♂ #13 & ♀ #15 together to 30-50m
NE of yesterday's site, in a loose coil w/♂
over ♀, tails not joined. We alternated bouts
of Forward Jerks and Tail Searches w/ quiet,
captured on video by Dave. At 1258h she
whipped her tail so strongly that I could
hear her rattles against vegetation from
4m away. They paused, he resumes FJ's at 130/h.
afternoon spent packing, then dinner at the
store w/ Sarah, Hardys, Barney, & Tony.
August 24 left Portal, lunch w/ herp crew from Desert
Museum in Tucson, then a 2-hour visit w/ Beth
Gibson in Sedona. Drove to Kizmar tonight
in a motel, to Berkeley manara.