A much better day as far as banded goes. Martin's weather report was "not as windy, heavy clouds to the west, and some sun". It apparently was pouring raining on I 90 in the morning. Still only a "trickle" of raptors were observed, 13. And good trappers that they are, they caught 5 of them.
In Martin's words, the bird of the day was a AHY male COHA,, caught at 10:01 AM, because it meant it would not be a "skunk". The last raptor seen and caught was a HY female SSHA at 3:47 PM. They did not take any photos today.
Helping Martin today was Vivian and Matt. Our total to date is 202. The 200th bird of the season was a HY female SSHA, the bread and butter of the project.
