Wait, what?

Another interesting day in the field...checked 17 nests. Three were occupied. Interesting part was that a male that was on one nest in the morning, was at a different nest by the afternoon! He had been displaced by the territorial male who must have just returned today. That sent the other male back to his nest of previous years where he was trying to make up with his old mate by copulating constantly! These early days are SOOOOOOO interesting. As I mentioned in an earlier post, when someone needs to be sent packing, it can happen quickly! I had to do some driving back and forth and reading and re reading bands to be sure what was happening, but things appear settled now...everyone is with their former mates on their territorial nests. I am sure I will encounter this elsewhere too. Of course this does raise some questions about paternity!