Field notes, v1308
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Acrea, H. 1998 August 2 (continued) (PIT 026 273814), 39g, prebutton, 4 green dots. We release these and Baby #1 and #2 (both w/ transmitters) and they crawled leisurely in and out of sight. August 3 at 0820h, CM29 is at the entrance to her shelter, no babies visible, sun barely on the edge of her. Marcio and I retreat to shade and wait 20 min, then return to see one baby visibly in front of the opening but it escapes back in. We released 738, and she crawls straight from the capture site ledge to CM29's hole, enters, and coils in the tight space. We are uncertain as to why she is up here - gravid? A gravidnote? at 1015 CM 31 is in the same place w/ her head at the front still only w/ shed outside. Two dot now has light patterned is in shade ~30cm uphill from 731, and slowly crawls back in and past her as I approach. I spot posterior 1/3 of another baby w/ button ~50cm uphill, disappear into thin crevice under edge of Hezelatin boulder (I was puzzled that a baby w/ dark color pattern - thus not fresh fled - could