Wed, Sept. 20

While out looking for the Burrowing Owl this morn, D and I went down mormon row and got a band read on the Knob male (6/T) and watched him have a territorial dispute with another bird (maybe SE??) in one of the burn sections. They would hop along side each other with all feathers erect and then one would try to get higher on a bison chip. While teetering on the chip, they would calm down for a sec, then pick up again. It last for about 3-4 min before 6/T went back to his mate.

Office day and trap making day.

D checked Y2, and nothing...

Tues, Spet. 19

Park talk in the AM.

Office day in the PM.

No birds in the Y2 trap.

Mon, Sept. 18

Got a new download from 49 this weekend with one new cluster near Red-top Meadows. Went to check it out and found some discarded elk bones that a hunter threw out there after butchering. They seemed like a few days old, but still flexible. They were about 20 ft away from the GPS locs. I would put it as 75% likely why the raven was there. There was some whitewash on a few of the bones. Nothing else around.

At least 2 BBMA at Y2.

Sun, Sept. 17

Harvested a deer up W. Atherton Cr at about 8:50. By 9:27, there were at least 6 ravens flying and perching above me.

No birds at Y2 over the weekend. I put the deer bones and scraps in the trap.