Today Adam and Laura arrived at the park while I was still stuck at PSU in the Anatomy lab. They managed to catch the unbanded male in X5 and banded him BARN. He must have been stressed because he molted all his tail feathers while he was in the cloth bird bag being weighed. Luckily they will grow back!
In R4 Adam saw PA?? (male) near PARY’s 2008 nest. It most likely is PARY (male) from last year.
Today Adam and I spent about an hour following BGAN (male) and his unbanded female through U9 and V8/9, but the female never stopped at a nest or showed any signs of nesting behavior. We also followed - - AO (male) and PGPA (female) around in U17/18 for a while, but never found a nest.
The strangest part of the day was that we saw A-GP (male) quietly sitting smack dab in the middle of BBAG’s territory in N6. BBAG was nowhere to be found. Yesterday AY- - was invading BBAG’s territory, and today it was A-GP. It was a bit more understandable for AY- - because BBAG and AY- - are next door neighbors, but A-GP’s territory is the J and K 2 and 3 region. I wonder if something has happened to BBAG.
Nest checks for today: GOAN’s nest (#1) still has two eggs. GORA’s nest (#4) still has four eggs. OBAN’s nest (#2) still has four eggs.
As Adam and I were sitting on the bench today, resting a bit before we got on the bus, a dog (unleashed of course!) ran ahead of its owner and peed right on my backpack! As soon as I realized what was happening, I yanked my backpack away, and the dog had the nerve to snarl and snap at me. The dog was probably attracted to my backpack because it smells a bit like fox urine, but still! This is one of the many great reasons why dogs should always be on leashes in the park!
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