Friday May 11

Kelly's first day. VS, KL, and Aly do telemetry. 798 is discovered dead in Ant Flats by KL and BB.

Friday May 11

642 off of nest. Search turns up nothing.

Thursday May 10

B and V trap at the GV lek. They trap one M and fit him with a PTT. T spends the morning searching for 749. B and V triangulate 749 tight in Ditch Creek right off the Kelly road. 117 gives off a mort signal from Derek's place and B and V locate the predated bird on the GV river west of the Kelly dump. Mammalian predation is believed to have taken place. Hair is collected for dna and species identification.

Wednesday May 9

B and V trap at the airport. NL malfunction prevents the capture of a female. T and Aly complete telemetry. Brian hikes in on 281 and discovers her dead roosting under a sage plant. Tights on 293 by BB - ended up being wrong location for nest.
Cause and reason of death is unknown. V hikes with Drew to assist the cougar crew on a site search. They find 2 CORA nests and a RTHA nest in the Snake River south of moran junction.

Tuesday May 8

B and T complete the final day of trapping at TI. No birds captured. They bring in all the equipment and traps. V and D complete lek counts at the GV and Airport. B and V hike to locate 671 and 651 nest sites. D and T spend the late morning and afternoon nest searching. D finds a new nest west of the hwy on the GV River.

Monday May 7

B and V trapping to no avail at Timbered Island. Fired net launcher at 1 male and missed.
T, B, V, and Aly complete telemetry. T and V nest search for 117 after she left the believed nesting area N of the Gun Range. A nest is found but not confirmed as a SAGR nest. Second nest is found that is confirmed a successful nest from a previous year by egg shell markings.

Sunday May 6

T and B go trapping at Timbered Island. Battery problems and whoosh net malfunction prevent successful trapping. No birds captured.

Saturday May 5

OFF!