Mon, Mar. 27

Sunny and Breezy. 15F at 7am.

Got up early and put some bait out in the park.

Trapper and I went out and checked on a bunch of nests. A pair was by the HWY 89 nest, the airport birds are INCUBATING. Nothing going on at Rye and Ponderosa. A pair was at the Crow nest. Couldn't find the new sage nest. Nothing at Buckwheat. Spring Gulch not inc and neither bird was banded. No bird on the Food Town nest. No bird on the Mad River. Mad River nest doesn't look good. We found an alternate nest across the hwy, but it didn't look good either. We did not see the pair come in for the hour we were there. The pair that was building in the fairgrounds was at it again and the nest was pretty big. They were taking sticks from the Kelly West nest and bringing them to the fairgrounds. We figured they were the same as the Grn Mtn pair. We saw nothing up at the east side hill for an hour. The Deloney birds appeared to be INC, but the bird flew off shortly after we glassed it. Needs to be double checked. The Bickner pair is incubating. Flat Ck not incubating and neither bird is banded. Museum not inc. NER sign bird on nest, but not inc. Double check on the airport: inc. Nothing on park bait.

Skied into a suspected kill in Kelly. Found a dead mule deer in the warm ditch up on the TVR. Mostly gone, but 3 coyotes and a dozen or more ravens feeding. Unable to see any bands. 3 eagles present as well. No bands.