Wednesday August 1

Point counts. Vince at RKO. Trapper and Brit on Refuge. Mead trap checked with 1 new CORA banded and one recaptured CORA / 3 recaptured BBMA.
Spotlighting with Dan, TH, BB, and VS. 671 recaptured and nonfunctioning sat trans taken off. Radio collar put in place of sat trans. Also two of her chicks captured and fitted with radio collars. Total of 3 birds.

Tuesday July 31

Happy bday to Bryan. He is old, decrepid, and starting to lose his mind due to prolonged exposure to CORA feces.

Town field trip to assorted hardware stores with the purpose of SAGR spotlight net construction. Mead trap checked with one CORA recap and 4 BBMA recaps. Burt, Kenya, and Bumblefoot placed in Letter Trap in prep for release at MEAD. The Meadster is happy to have some young friends to chill and eat maggot ridden meat with.

Monday July 30

Aly completes telemetry. 642 still hangin out on nest. TH and Brit doing point counts. BB and VS retrieve transmitter from J barn CORA at GE nest. Fledgling GE on ground at the nest site and flies off when we approach. BOO Ya Ca CHA !Best Monday of the Summer!!!

Spotlighting at airport yields two captures. One SY south of the runway roosting with 228 and a juvenile SAGR is caught on the overrun inside the airport. Adult fitted with sat trans and the juve with a radio collar

Sunday July 29

Recapture 3 BBMA at Mead.

Saturday July 28

Recapture 3 BBMA at Mead.

Friday July 27

VS, TH, and Pat finish the outer frame of the aviary. Still needs a roof. Brit and VS complete telemetry. 642 still on the nest. TH and VS recapture 3 magpies.