COLD and clear -15F at pre-dawn -8 at 8:00am
BB set traps at GVCG and NoC. Put heat packs by detonators. The NoC deer was flipped over, but not really eaten. Added an elk 1/4.
8:15 Tom checks baits and no birds are seen
9:30 Juvie bald seen above 3Mile bait
Traps monitored for the rest of the day, but no eagles seen above either trap.
Basic III bald seen above 3Mile bait in morning. Adult bald seen above 3Mile in afternoon.
No eagles at NoC or GVCG. TR pulled the GVCG trap and brought it in to dry it out. No covers, but pee at 3mile and he threw the leg in a tree at NoC.
12 January 2007
11 January 2007
Thurs, Jan 11, 2007
Clear nad 11F @ 7am. Cold and cloudy, clear in the afternoon 15 F
8:15 Tom spots an adult bald above NoCamping bait
8:30 Bryan and Tom spook bald off bait while slowing down to fire trap
9:00 After a chat with Eric Cole, the bald goes down to the bait and is captured
11:15 Tom checks baits and finds a Juvi GOEA feeding on GVCG South bait
Trap does not fire,
Tom attempts to sneak up and fire the trap but spooks Golden off
Trap appears to have lost charge, no other problems visible. Trap re-set.
1:30 Bryan and Tom look for trapping sites North on GV road, but find snow is too deep and there aren't any appealing sites
decide that if we're the only car driving around there we'll probably spook the birds off
Put elk without 3 quaters at the 3Mile bait.
2:30 - 78 SAGR seen near the Curlew nest.
No eagles return for the afternoon, eagles spotted around warm ditch west of GV road. Went over to find the food and nothing seen.
TR covered GVCG and 3mile. Left NoC bait uncovered.
8:15 Tom spots an adult bald above NoCamping bait
8:30 Bryan and Tom spook bald off bait while slowing down to fire trap
9:00 After a chat with Eric Cole, the bald goes down to the bait and is captured
11:15 Tom checks baits and finds a Juvi GOEA feeding on GVCG South bait
Trap does not fire,
Tom attempts to sneak up and fire the trap but spooks Golden off
Trap appears to have lost charge, no other problems visible. Trap re-set.
1:30 Bryan and Tom look for trapping sites North on GV road, but find snow is too deep and there aren't any appealing sites
decide that if we're the only car driving around there we'll probably spook the birds off
Put elk without 3 quaters at the 3Mile bait.
2:30 - 78 SAGR seen near the Curlew nest.
No eagles return for the afternoon, eagles spotted around warm ditch west of GV road. Went over to find the food and nothing seen.
TR covered GVCG and 3mile. Left NoC bait uncovered.
10 January 2007
Wed, Jan 10, 2007
breezy and cloudy, 24F @7am. 35F afternoon.
Set both baits and took covers off.
8:10 Tom spots an aldult bald over GVCG South bait and gets Bryan
8:30 Bryan and Tom return to find eagle feeding and capture eagle
Basic III bald eagle captured
10:15 Bryan passes NoCamping bait on way to give talk at the Museum to find an adult bald sitting over bait
10:30 Tom returns and watches eagle
10:50 Eagle descends, captured by Tom
Adult bald recapture 629-33040 Orange/Silver captured
crooked left leg middle toe talon, injured and unable to bend left leg well
possibly a released rehab bird due to injury
Derek helps process and bird is released
12:30 Bryan and Tom pick up roadkill cow elk beside the refuge
2:00 Tom heads to IF to pick up chickens and sees an ad BAEA above GVCG bait.
2:15 - BB heads out to GVCG and spots one ad BAEA feeding and the one TR saw above the bait still there. Called DC for back-up and by the time he got there, a third ad BAEA came in and sat above. Decided to wait for 2 on bait.
2:45 - after the two above flew around a few times, the one feeding took off to the W.
3:15 - One of the 2 above came down to feed. DC drove over to detonate and after waiting ~10min for the wind to die, detonated the trap and capturted ad BAEA. Other one took off. Re-cap of 22724 that was first banded as nestling on slide lake in 1996 and captured by us in Nov.
Did not re-set trap.
4:45 - Dan called in an ad BAEA sitting above NoC bait. DC and I went down @ 5 with banding supplies and bird was not present.
BB covered both baits.
Set both baits and took covers off.
8:10 Tom spots an aldult bald over GVCG South bait and gets Bryan
8:30 Bryan and Tom return to find eagle feeding and capture eagle
Basic III bald eagle captured
10:15 Bryan passes NoCamping bait on way to give talk at the Museum to find an adult bald sitting over bait
10:30 Tom returns and watches eagle
10:50 Eagle descends, captured by Tom
Adult bald recapture 629-33040 Orange/Silver captured
crooked left leg middle toe talon, injured and unable to bend left leg well
possibly a released rehab bird due to injury
Derek helps process and bird is released
12:30 Bryan and Tom pick up roadkill cow elk beside the refuge
2:00 Tom heads to IF to pick up chickens and sees an ad BAEA above GVCG bait.
2:15 - BB heads out to GVCG and spots one ad BAEA feeding and the one TR saw above the bait still there. Called DC for back-up and by the time he got there, a third ad BAEA came in and sat above. Decided to wait for 2 on bait.
2:45 - after the two above flew around a few times, the one feeding took off to the W.
3:15 - One of the 2 above came down to feed. DC drove over to detonate and after waiting ~10min for the wind to die, detonated the trap and capturted ad BAEA. Other one took off. Re-cap of 22724 that was first banded as nestling on slide lake in 1996 and captured by us in Nov.
Did not re-set trap.
4:45 - Dan called in an ad BAEA sitting above NoC bait. DC and I went down @ 5 with banding supplies and bird was not present.
BB covered both baits.
Tues, Jan. 9, 2007
Calm and couldy. 28F @7am.
Set both baits.
8:45-9:30 - had one ad baea feeding at NoC and the net didn't fire. After a little bit, another came in and fed with the first. Net still didn't fire.
I went to Pinedale to meet with Holloran and Dahlke.
Tom checked NoC trap and found the switch off. Both eagles flushed, but stayed by the river until ~9:40.
11:40 - ad GOEA above NoC bait.
12:00 - Tom caught GOEA with Dan.
Picked up elk carcass in Hoback after i got back (~3:00).
I covered traps and flushed a BAEA from the trees at GVCG. Looked as if one had been feeding.
Re-packed the NoC trap.
Set both baits.
8:45-9:30 - had one ad baea feeding at NoC and the net didn't fire. After a little bit, another came in and fed with the first. Net still didn't fire.
I went to Pinedale to meet with Holloran and Dahlke.
Tom checked NoC trap and found the switch off. Both eagles flushed, but stayed by the river until ~9:40.
11:40 - ad GOEA above NoC bait.
12:00 - Tom caught GOEA with Dan.
Picked up elk carcass in Hoback after i got back (~3:00).
I covered traps and flushed a BAEA from the trees at GVCG. Looked as if one had been feeding.
Re-packed the NoC trap.
Mon, Jan. 8, 2007
Clear and Calm. About 23F @ 7am.
Set both traps and uncovered baits. I ran the cord out from the GVCG bait so it was up on the bench.
Ab ad. baea on NoC bait at 8:30. I shot the net and caught it and one bbma. bbma let go. Re-set the trap.
Picked up two fawn deer (one white tail and one mule) and one elk carcass in town. On the way back there was one ad goea above gvcg bait (1pm).
At ~2:30, a baea perched above bait. Caught the BAEA at ~3pm. GOEA took off. Did not re-set the trap. No eagles by NoC for the rest of the day.
Tom cover baits.
Set both traps and uncovered baits. I ran the cord out from the GVCG bait so it was up on the bench.
Ab ad. baea on NoC bait at 8:30. I shot the net and caught it and one bbma. bbma let go. Re-set the trap.
Picked up two fawn deer (one white tail and one mule) and one elk carcass in town. On the way back there was one ad goea above gvcg bait (1pm).
At ~2:30, a baea perched above bait. Caught the BAEA at ~3pm. GOEA took off. Did not re-set the trap. No eagles by NoC for the rest of the day.
Tom cover baits.
07 January 2007
Sun, Jan. 7, 2007
Clear, calm and -5F @ 7am. Turned cloudy and windy by 11am.
Set GVCG and NoC traps this morn. Nothing unususal.
Only a few cora and bbma at both baits at 8:30am.
9:15am - ad baea near GVCG. Another flew over at 9:30. It left at ~10:30.
10:30 - 3 cora @ NoC. No eagles.
2:30 day called on account of high wind and snow. Winds stayed high all afternoon.
Tom covered baits and took down traps.
Set GVCG and NoC traps this morn. Nothing unususal.
Only a few cora and bbma at both baits at 8:30am.
9:15am - ad baea near GVCG. Another flew over at 9:30. It left at ~10:30.
10:30 - 3 cora @ NoC. No eagles.
2:30 day called on account of high wind and snow. Winds stayed high all afternoon.
Tom covered baits and took down traps.
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