Tues, May 2

Windy and sunny. 38F @ 7am.

Set up the net launcher in the am and found a new grouse lek.

Checked on the new McCal nest. Nothing there.

Went up on Kelly Butte. Found the CORA nest up there INC. Didn't see the male and the female didn't come off the nest. Went up to the south end and checked on the RT nest. New sprigs. I went up on top and watched over the river bottom by the old CORA nest. Nothing there. The wind was pretty bad so I couldn't hear anything. On the way back I found a new SWHA nest in a spruce.
Checked on the RT Ditch Cr Upper nest. Looked good, but nothing in it. Walked up to the unk nest just east and it was blown out.
Went up to check on the Heskett nest - nothing.
Drove the Shadow Mtn road up to the upper nest. I walked around the upper area and found nothing. Neither nest looked built up. Walked up to the lower nest and the nest didn't look that great. As I was walking around, I heard the tell-tale call of a female INC below me. Went down and found the nest in a subalpine fir. That will be a fun climb...
Walked out to the island nest and around the N end. Didn't see a nest, but did see and hear a bird on multiple occasions on that end. Probably a nest. I watched the area for ~15min, but didn't see anything.
Tried to go to Schwabackers, but the road is still full of snow.
Went and dropped off a deer at the dump. About 30 bison were at the bait, so I picked up the launcher and replaced it with the dummy. I'm heading out now to switch it.

Checked Mead nest in town babies are about ready to be banded. Got 4 band reads at Bubba's last night around 7 pm. There were about 15 birds. K lazy yellow; 8 right sideup orange; M/5 green; and X/4 green. There was also another yellow band but cold not get a read.