Friday, October 23, 2015

Translocation

Sample Nesting Cavities
Man-made and Bird-made
at Dismal Swamp Refuge Headquarters office, 10/22/2015
Waiting for dusk; so we could place chem lights on trails of 4 quadrants.
Just a few hours later the first 2 (of 8) RCWs arrived...
Thursday, 10/22/2015
Dusk in the Dismal
Thursday, 10/22/2015
First 2, of famous feathered 8!
10 p.m. Thursday, 10/22/2015
Pre-dawn - moments before release
Myrtle Ditch, Dismal Swamp Refuge
Friday, 10/23/2015

Moments before and after RCW were released. 7:20 a.m. Friday, 10/23/2015

Will McDearman, pictured on the right, is our country's coordinator for the recovery of RCWs
Myrtle Ditch, Dismal Swamp Refuge
7:40 a.m. Friday 10/23/2015
The rest of the story is, as they say... "for the birds!!
and will occur 30 or so feet above our heads, because RCWs rarely go to the ground. 

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