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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