Gotcha!

We finally caught another owl this week. It wasn't the one I talked about in my last entry. We went in four times. FOUR TIMES! We still didn't catch that pair.

We DID however catch another bird a couple days later. She was a great bird. We stayed up late the night prior making more backpacks and got up at 3:30 to head out to the site. We walked in on a male bird that was already radioed to see if his female was with him and there she was! Sheila caught her with a snare pole and I got to grab her.

I finally got the experience of seeing/aiding in the process of attaching the radio backpacks to the bird. It's quite complex and very interesting. Sheila was nice and snapped a couple pics of me with the bird before we let her go. She was such a nice bird! Even stuck around for a while before the jays mobbed her.

It's not the greatest pic, but keep in mind.. It's WAY early and I had maybe a couple hours of sleep under my belt!! :) (That and being wired from a bunch of coffee)