Fri, Apr. 7

Overcast. 30F @7 am.

First female AMKE in the park by the campground. A male was by Moose.

I saw a pair over by the deloney nest, so I thought I'd double check for the female sitting, and she was.

Sign still on nest. The landscapers took the food town nest.

I went over to check the NER cliffs, and saw the pair after a while. Neither looked interested in building so I thought I'd give it another go later. I did see my first chisler over there though. Also saw a COHA fly over the butte.

I went up the east hill for a while to glass for a pair. When I saw 2 birds go into a tree, I thought I'd check it out. When I did, it turned out to be a pair of crows.

I did a run through of the -B- area. Nothing at Ponderosa or in Solitude. I did find a new nest NE of the groy jxn. The pair was in the process of building. I got a good look at both birds, and one was banded with a green band. They were collecting sticks on the ground from a downed cottonwood. I thought they usually took sticks from intact trees, but these birds weren't.

A PAFA was on the poles by Kelly.

Jill got some band reads at Sidewinders in the morning.