Clear and cold. -2F at 7am
despite the fact we shot the net launcher off yesterday afternoon, I reset the launcher there again this morning. I brought some extra bait out in case the coyotes had finished off the elk that was out there, but they did not seem to touch it. I didn't put the new bait out for fear of scaring any ravens that may come in. I am banking on the fact that a few birds that I spooked in the am yesterday when the net froze will come back today. When I checked it at 8, there were about 6 magpies back on it. Not too surprising.
We spent a few hours before lunch trying to get a shot. There were 8-10 ravens on the bait and every time they got on it and we drove up to detonate the net, they would flush. When we went back after lunch, there were only 4 birds, so we decided to wait until tomorrow. DC and I are running a little experiment tomorrow. He thinks that putting out new bait at the same location will increase the number of birds tomorrow. I think it will scare them. I suppose we'll see.
Total # of ravens banded to date from the projects inception is 414!!!!!
We got two band reads today. Orange A and Orange B. Two of the five birds that were caught the other day on the river bait. Looked pretty cozy too; probably a mated pair.
There were 6 ravens perched above the Gros Ventre River bait at 3pm, but they all took off.
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