21 June 2007

Thursday June 21

BB and VS hiked up to GOEA nest above Kelly. BB banded and bled 1 chick and VS found Sat Transmitter. Went to town to put down an adult AMCR with a busted wing. A fledgling AMCR is put back in tne nest by BB on Redmond St. Bird dumps out again and becomes a Kelly rehab bird. Jill collected a fledgling AMCR from the Skyline Subdivision. Bird is fed and brought back to it's parents.

20 June 2007

Wednesday June 20

Wildlife consultants from Laramie come to office in the morning and meet with BB and VS about SAGR study techniques. Hunter Boundary RTHA checked with 1 chick. Schwering nest is active but nest not found. Shadow RTHA failed with 1 nestling found dead below nest. 2 chicks banded at island nest in a flurry of black flies.
Warm Ditch RTHA checked with a parent present but could not see in nest. LOBO and Ditch Creek had one dead baby RTHA each below the tree. Chapel undetermined. Windy Ridge is checked and nest far out in sage is blown out. Territorial adult showed up at Wilson Ridge but no nest found. Nothing heard or seen at GV junction RTHA nest.

19 June 2007

Tuesday June 19

Kelly and Vince doing fledge checks all day. Coyote Rock yet to fledge with 2 nestlings present, Dornan's fledged, Beaver Ponds yet to fledge with at least 3 nestlings present, HWY 89 is believed to have failed (active SWHA nest a few trees south), SE Highlands is believed to have fledged with one adult hanging out and no sign of fledglings. BB went to town to see about a fledgling AMCR and checks Indian View and finds two birds still in nest.

18 June 2007

Monday June 18

Derek and Trapper take off for Africa. During telemetry Aly finds 320 and 228 off of nests. 228 nest found with 2 or 3 egg shells. Tough to tell if she hatched a couple of chicks or had her nest predated. Aly finds 320 nest to have hatched 3 chicks.
BB and VS walk in on 642 - still on nest.
Band read on Heskitt.Elbow fledged sometime over the weekend. McCallister failed over the weekend. Hunter Barns fledged.