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Greene, H.
1992
October 10 Chiricahua Mtns., Portal, Cochise Co., Arizona
arrived here last night in time for dinner, having
driven from the Tucson airport w/ Mike Lipske, a writer
for National Wildlife magazine. From 0900-1300h we
walked over the blacktail study site and located four
snakes (Dave Hardy has the detailed notes). I photographed
C. molossus #13 under an Opuntia pad & C. molossus
#11 basking from under the edge of a small boulder at
roadside, foodbidge in the sun. Saw a large
Sceloporus clarkei active on a ravine wall. At
1540h and ~1800h I spotted C. molossus #11 still
out basking. At 1900h he was no longer visible,
and I placed thermocouple leads from a Bailey
Bat thermometer, in deep enough to measure shade
and in soil x 20 cm out from the entrance to
measure sun temperatures. As Sarah Schmidt
and I drove down the Paradise Rd. toward Portal,
on the east end of the study site, at 1910h we
watched seven Tayassu tajacu cross the road:
an adult, two young, an adult, two young,
and finally a smallish adult w/ dorsal ruff
up.
October 11 Clear blue sky & warm, as yesterday. At 0850h
C. molossus #11 was not visible, temperatures
18.3 C in shade, 19.7 C in sun. At 1043h I
saw an active Spilosoma variegatus (and at
least twice later this trip, Entanier). At 1130h