You seem to spend a lot of time in the field. Do you notice a certain time of the year(during their active times) where female chucks seem to completely disappear? I was out west at the end of May and saw many chucks but out of maybe 50-60 we saw I only saw about 3-4 females. Also like you I noosed about 5-6 dipsos and they were all males. Maybe they go down to lay their aggs or something. Seems that I have read this documented somewhere but for the life of me now I cannot remember where. Thanks
Tom Greb
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Hey Pek296........
tgreb
Jul 05, 2008 10:01 AM
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pek296
Jul 07, 2008 01:39 AM
Yeah, they seem to disappear around late June to early July in lower desert when it "starts to get really hot".
I was out last week and noticed fewer chuckies than the month before. I didn't see any of the big males and females I saw in late May(even in early June), especially the big males. There were a few big females out, and one seemed like she just laid her eggs, and was just out replinishing.
Many of the chuckies out where the smaller younger ones. The same scenario was with the DIs, but with one diference, in that the smaller ones were out along with the big males. I even saw some hatchlings!
Hey, could you post that documentation whenever you find it?
