Friday April 13, 2007

VS, BB, TR and Mosey set traps at N Gap. 50ft Whoosh, 2 mist nets, 2 launchers all up at the high point. 1st bird at 5:45. total of 7 hens and 5 males. 3 males strutting and one copulation observed, but a little further south than all the traps. All of the birds except for the Vince went to feed on the cliff band on the west side by 6:45. Decided to drive to flush the birds over, but they all took off to the SE. Pulled traps. VS got locations on the airport side of the valley and Aly got locations everywhere else.

Set up the rocket net at N Gap where the copulation occured.

All birds found except 136 becuase we were all looking for 436.

Thursday April 12, 2007

Set up large whoosh and both launchers at the airport. Captured 1 M and 5 F SAGR at the airport with net launcher in S corner. B, V, Geneva, Cory Hatch, and photograher are present for banding and release of 5 new radio collared hens. T trapping at Zenith pair, takes a shot at the M CORA and misses. B and V repair net from cuts made during extracting F SAGR.
TR looked for 293.
Joe Bohne brought over rocket net and said he saw a male strutting at E Bark Corral and an eagle chasing grouse. Very close to 306 mort.

Wednesday April 11

B, V, T, A, and Mosey set up new whoosh and both net launchers at Moulton. The new whoosh misfires at two F SAGR. No birds captured. T trapping at Zenith CORA nest and B and V modifying new whoosh net for trapping tomorrow at the airport. First COPULATION seen at Moulton lek.

Tuesday April 10

B, V, and T trap at airport. COPULATION.
Fired whoosh net at two females and the electronics malfunctioned.
Reset the net and tried some additional car herding to no avail. T set up on Zenith pair with no luck. B and V took injured CORA to the vet. Diagnosis is she has fairly old injuries on both wings but no serious damage. Antibiotics via shot to the keel and topical salve for 5 days. V and B nest search in town looking for deloney pair successfully and kelly avenue nest unsuccessfully. Ran in to Drew and he showed us nest on Refuge just outside town. B and T convert dropnet to whooshnet.

Monday April 9

B and V trap one female at the airport with whoosh net and car herding. COPULATION seen for the first time all year. T sick. B and V set up on Zenith CORA pair with cheetoes. M came down near bait but it was while the F was off the nest. B and V go out seperately to do telemetry and find all birds. 306 gave off mortality and B and V found kill site. Predator unknown. SAGR was plucked and the carcass nowhere to be found. V went to Togwatee Mountain Lodge to pick up injured Juv CORA.

Saturday April 7

B and T trapped at refuge to no avail. Tried mistnets for the first time in addition to whoosh net and net launchers.

Saturday April 7

B and T trapped at refuge to no avail.

Friday April 6

D and B fly up spread creek, west side of tetons, and antelope flats to find tagged birds and search for possible new lek. V counted SAGR at refuge and T on telemetry. V set up to trap Barn and Island CORA pairs with no luck. Neither pair came down on bait. B, D, A, and Geneva out to the hayfields to assess possible strategies to assess veg for SAGR project.

Thursday April 5

B, D, T, V, and Sam Crowe trap 2 F SAGR at airport with the whoosh net. Both birds are fitted with radio transmitters. SAGR working group meeting at 1pm.