thurs may 31, 2007

got tights on 320 off meadow road with kelly. went to the fire meeting about the strips project. then filmed with the ladies at the elbo nest. went to band island with trapper and kelly; too young. helicopter failed. one plucked nestling below the nest.

wed may 30, 2007

vs gone for the weekend. th, kl, and aly did telem. nothing new. aly and i went ot band the ner bunker, twins and aquila with eric cole. bunker and aquila had one. twins failed. found one dead fledgling from last year's twin nest under this years nest. collected bands. Got a call about an injured raven at deloney. it was a fledgling. found 2. both ok.

tues may 29, 2007

went flying with d to listen for 749 while the crew went to band the highlands nest. found her in the same spot as 398 and where 148 used to hang out. vs and kl had school kids, and trapper and i went to band the ner sign nest with the channel 8 reporter. 5 young. one bailed. banded the warm springs nest. one young. in and out in 10 min. found that the museum nest fledged. 2 young out, 2 in. went to check on bickner. still in, but too old to band. vs check on the creekside nest and found one under the nest and the other 2 weren't in. 4 young in the nest at smiths. one was climbing on the timbers.

mon may 28, 2007

memorial day. kelly gone. vs and i got all the grouse. 293 nest failed due to predation. egg shells collected. trapper did age checks then went out with derek to band. vs and i went to band the -bc and rko nests, but both failed. found a heron nest about 20 ft from the rko nest. the -bc was most fallen out. we took the 4 wheeler up to the bench to check for 749. heard a few beeps from the north towards deadmans but couldn't find her found 398 where 148 used to hang out.

Friday May 25, 2007

Telem day. I took the Northern birds, Vince got airport and Kelly got the hayfields. I got tights on 681 near the small patch of trees, heard 398, then went over on the Shadow Mtn rd to listen for 749, who was missing. Heard her coming from the northwest. Hiked out into the sgae from the Helicopter nest with no luck. Vince joined the search on the highway. I hiked up above the Shadow N nest and heard her with an azimuth from over by burned ridge and again from a hill up by 681 from the N end of timbered island. Vince heard her from the lost creek hill in the same place.

Vince and I went to sit on the hillside above the area where they saw a pair of cora S of shwabachers and at schabachers for an hour. I was north and sawa apair hanging out int the same place off the road right after the turn, so i went down to look with vince. no luck. we hiked all through the area on the other side of the ditch with no luck. on the way out, we saw the pair and the male might have been feeding her. Defefintiely not what a nesting pair would act like. Lost nest?