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August 10, 1998
August 10 (Continued)
after lunch I go to Tucson to pick up
Kelly, and driving home on foothill rd.
approx 5 miles NE Portal we miss an adult
C. dhorx. Marcus and Dave got 8 snake
road twenty east of Portal.
August 11
0930h, two fresh looking babies and two
sheds plus all three signals at 21 site.
One baby slowly crawls in, recoils where
still visible and looks out. The two were
originally coiled together. At 1015h, 226
is out of site in a huge rat nest under a
cluster of several trees, on a south fence
of Silver Creek where a flag says he was
on August 5, 1957. Gordon and Janar
Schwartz arrive.
August 12
at 0920h signals of babies 36 & 37 are
still at site of 21. I spot a baby out
basking, looking fresh shed but w/ piece
of old skin hanging on posterior (NB:
no rain in days). It crawls back in
out of sight. At 0940h 21 is 40-50m
south of birth site in huge rat nest
in rocks and shrubs, on west rim of first
ravine east of the birth site -- same
ravine edge & south of where I saw
CM 28 and another snake in combat