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Greene, H.
1992
September 15 saw a very small blacktail recently in grass
(continued) near a coral. They knew the Wrights at Cornell U.,
and said Albert's lectures were totally disorganized,
that he constantly inserted "Now,..." in his sentences.
September 16 at 0858h in bright sun a large Scelopenda heros
moved rapidly across Paradise Rd. in front of me in our
study area. At 0920h I found Crotalus molossus # 9
in a tight coil in the shade of a 3m shrub, on the E. flood
terrace of the Forest Service boundary canyon, just below where
the 3 canyon drainages meet, ~200-300m N of the road.
at 0933h I spotted C. molossus #11 crawling slowly
and tongue-flicking, ~4m SW of yesterday's site. From
5/0:10-1035h I searched both sides of Junestone Ridge
but could get no signal for C. molossus #8. At
1055h I localized the signal of C. molossus #14 to a
hole w/ Neotoma nest in the main gray limestone outcrop
near its W. end, perpendicular to and ~150-20am N
of the road. At 1132h I found C. molossus #12
in a resty coil under a flat above the ground Opuntia
pad - very hard to see - at the base of an acacia,
at the base and W. end of the red rocks ridge & ~
perpendicular to the main road bend. In mid afternoon
Sarah Schmidt and I went to upper East Whitetail Canyon
to check out some old mine shafts for bats - she entered
two while I puttered outside. Upper slopes cloaked
in dark green, but still lots of ocotillo and century
plants - and on the ground the sublimely beautiful