First barbecue of the year yesterday: success! There was yummy brautworst and extra-yummy moose burgers and many games of Dominion and a few rounds of Apples-to-Apples and an interesting game of Balderdash.Chaia got a little tipsy and couldn't spell anything, but it's her birthday today, so it's allowed. Chena Hotsprings now!
Actual banding report to follow either tonight or tomorrow.
EDIT: So. Banding on Friday. It didn't rain... that's about the only positive thing I can say.
Since my waders were leaking, I selected another pair at random. They were huge and baggy. And had the hugest leak ever. As soon as I put a foot in the water, it started gushing in. Dayna also decided to go ahead and open net 13. I had to hoist my waders up and walk on my tip-toes, and even then I only had about an inch to spare. And water was pouring in and it was oh-my-gosh-short-out-my-brain cold.
Also, as I was setting up net 18 (one of our double-high nets), I attached the padlock to one of the upper trammels because the upper ones don't tend to sag quite as much and can take the bit of extra weight. I apparently didn't shut it all the way, because when I was tugging on the rope to get it all the way up, the lock fell off and beaned me on the forehead. I've still got a bump. I said bad words. Lots of them.
That's pretty much how the rest of the day went. We had one Redpoll (full brood patch) on opening net run, and nothing else until closing, when we got our other 2 Redpolls. Needless to say, I got quite a lot of reading done.
(Friday 29 April) Banding summary: 3 birds, 1 species (CORE)
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