Fri, Mar. 17

Happy St. Pati's Day!

Overcast. 19F at 7am.

Derek cheacked McCal this morn and said there were patches of ravens all around.

In office making a new trap for trapping adults in town. I've got high hopes for this one.

I finally got the trap finished around 2 and headed to town to tray it out on the Mead pair. It only took about 10 minutes to set it up. After waiting about 15 min for the pair to come back to their nest, it was on. The minute that the bait bird saw the pair, he started screaming. The interesting part of the calling was that it was an appeasement call. He knew he wasn't supposed to be there, and it seemed that he was letting them know that. They flew up above him without saying a word. Shortly after, one of the pair flew about 10 ft. over the bait bird and back to its mate. Neither called. All the while, the bait bird was screaming his appeasement calls from time to time. After a gruelling 30 minutes, the pair took off, never having made one sound. I picked up the trap.