Friday in the field...

What an interesting day in the field! Seeing old friends,(people and birds), observing behaviors and documenting the big game of musical nests! I visited ten nests, but had to go back and forth between them to figure things out, and it took me some time to read five bands. Three of those nests were still empty. Three of them had only one bird, and four of them had pairs present. Funniest part was seeing a male who I have not seen in about 7 years or so! He is 12 years old and showed up at a nest where the male disappeared last year and is presumed dead. Where has he been all this time??? AND he was with a female from another nest that failed last year...while her old mate is waiting alone for her. They seem to be taking over a nest...I wonder how this one will end. Jeeezzzz, it's so interesting. I also received several more emails with excited reports of birds back on their nests. So many nests to visit, and so many bands to read. Time is an issue...never enough.