Partially cloudy and 26F @ 7am.
New crow nest being build at St. Johns in town. Female up in the tree calling.
Crow defending N end of USFS building. I saw and heard a raven in one of those crow nests, but flew out and got chased by the crow.
NEW RAVEN NEST - Huckleberry Dr. Likely the Sage pair. It's right where I saw a bird fly after picking a branch from the sage nest weeks ago. Bird was preening and sitting in the nest.
Hiked out to Curlew nest. Both birds came in and scolded. New sticks on ground and in nest. I picked up a few pellets from under the nest, but they got destroyed by coffee in the car. The curlew 1 nest blown out.
I walked the Kelly Dump area. Nothing on dump nest, and no new nests found. Saw the first sapsucker of the year.
Checked the bison nest. RTs around and new sticks on nest. Also new evergreen sprigs.
27 April 2006
Wed, Apr. 26
Sunny and 23F @ 7am.
Lobo nest INC. Male not banded. Pair chased another pair to the SW. Unk nest down the 2-track in the aspens has blown out. Walked over towards the CeCe area and saw nothing. Shane nest looks decent, but I don't suspect any recent activity.
Warm Springs RT INC.
TSS nest active. The female was on the nest when I walked up, but the male called and she took off with him towards the school and didn't return right away. Unsure if inc or just building. I saw the pair go back after I got to the truck and was heading up the road. I was unable to determine if either were banded.
Nothing on the Heskitt nest and it didn't look built up. I found a new partial nest in an aspen about 100-200 ft E of the '05 nest, but I couldn't determine if it is old or new. One raven and one rtha were by the Ceasars.
Nothing at any of the bridge nests. No birds seen while I was walking around down there. I went E to the aspen grove. Didn't look like any new nest activity.
Hunter nest INC. Male banded orng inv. a. Female came off the nest for a sec and I saw she wasn't banded, but had a broken right leg. She did not use it while perching.
McCal nest doesn't look finished and I saw no birds in the area. There was a green evergreen sprig on the nest. Maybe the RTHAs took over.
The Island nest looks built up and I found fresh sticks and a few body feathers under the nest, but I saw no birds in the 1/2 hour I was there.
Lobo nest INC. Male not banded. Pair chased another pair to the SW. Unk nest down the 2-track in the aspens has blown out. Walked over towards the CeCe area and saw nothing. Shane nest looks decent, but I don't suspect any recent activity.
Warm Springs RT INC.
TSS nest active. The female was on the nest when I walked up, but the male called and she took off with him towards the school and didn't return right away. Unsure if inc or just building. I saw the pair go back after I got to the truck and was heading up the road. I was unable to determine if either were banded.
Nothing on the Heskitt nest and it didn't look built up. I found a new partial nest in an aspen about 100-200 ft E of the '05 nest, but I couldn't determine if it is old or new. One raven and one rtha were by the Ceasars.
Nothing at any of the bridge nests. No birds seen while I was walking around down there. I went E to the aspen grove. Didn't look like any new nest activity.
Hunter nest INC. Male banded orng inv. a. Female came off the nest for a sec and I saw she wasn't banded, but had a broken right leg. She did not use it while perching.
McCal nest doesn't look finished and I saw no birds in the area. There was a green evergreen sprig on the nest. Maybe the RTHAs took over.
The Island nest looks built up and I found fresh sticks and a few body feathers under the nest, but I saw no birds in the 1/2 hour I was there.
25 April 2006
Tues, Apr. 25
28F @7am. Partially cloudy turned to overcast and snowy at noon.
DC and I drove the campground and walked west to the eagle nest. We found a new nest at site 127, but it looked like a RT nest. The Amp and 111 nests looked pretty bad. I found a new nest (likely '05 RT) west of the campground in a big spruce. Nothing on it. A pair of sharpies were down by the river and D flushed a GHOW. One accip nest was found in a spruce by the snipe ponds.
We went down by -b- and confirmed the rthas at -b- and sage were INC. A cago was INC at the far west -b- nest. Rye not inc yet. possible crow nest on the south park of moulton loop. nothing at buckwheat. NEW CORA NEST - Zenith. Birds just building. The male is banded and confirms that the pair is the ponderosa birds. RTs at the ponderosa nest, and it's built up. NEW SWHA NEST - Zenith. RT INC at nest SW of Zenith down in the Split Ck Ranch area.
DC and I drove the campground and walked west to the eagle nest. We found a new nest at site 127, but it looked like a RT nest. The Amp and 111 nests looked pretty bad. I found a new nest (likely '05 RT) west of the campground in a big spruce. Nothing on it. A pair of sharpies were down by the river and D flushed a GHOW. One accip nest was found in a spruce by the snipe ponds.
We went down by -b- and confirmed the rthas at -b- and sage were INC. A cago was INC at the far west -b- nest. Rye not inc yet. possible crow nest on the south park of moulton loop. nothing at buckwheat. NEW CORA NEST - Zenith. Birds just building. The male is banded and confirms that the pair is the ponderosa birds. RTs at the ponderosa nest, and it's built up. NEW SWHA NEST - Zenith. RT INC at nest SW of Zenith down in the Split Ck Ranch area.
Apr. 20 - Apr. 24
Out of town.
DC walked the east side of the butte on 4/23 and confirmed that SE was INC in the '05 nest, and the knob pair is on territory, but not INC. Looked like the '04a nest was built up.
DC walked the east side of the butte on 4/23 and confirmed that SE was INC in the '05 nest, and the knob pair is on territory, but not INC. Looked like the '04a nest was built up.
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