Mon, May 29

DC, Trapper and I went on the NER from the HWY towards romney. We found one new raven nest on the way in, in a doug-fir (Twins). Female was banded with a green band. Male not banded. Young seem ready to band.
We walked up the road drainage aftyer seeing a few birds. After walking all the way up, I found an old nest and a new RTHA nest (INC). I walked over to the next tall drainage to the south and found a new ravens nest (Aquila CORA)at the top of that in a doug fir. Female was brooding small chicks and neither adult were banded.
I found another RTHA nest in the small drainage between the two tall ones (aspen).
DC checked the Romeny nest and couldn't get a read on the age.
We all walked the river bottom and found only one really old nest in a cottonwood.
I walked the canyon on the way out to the south and found another raven nest in the base in a cottonwood. Didn't see either adult's legs.
Trapper walked the west-most part of the flat cr stringer and found an active RTHA nest. DC thought he saw anopther raven nest in a lone cottonwood to the NE and I found another Raven nest in a lone Cottonwood south of the flat cr out in the flats.