Our plan was going pretty well and it took us around 2 hours to pull all the snares from Shay Trace and Yellow Birch. We pulled them from Shay Trace because that site has not been productive -- we weren't getting any hair. We pulled them from Yellow Birch just to swap out the zip ties that hold open the locking mechanism with non-chewable wire so we hopefully won't have another red squirrel incident.
When we got back to the office we decided to eat our lunches and then a big rain storm decided to roll in. While we waited for the rain to pass we worked on the zip ties, and rewrapped a bunch of the snares in the black plastic -- we do this to create a safe environment for the squirrels that is free from rain and wind and things like that. We finally decided to head back out to put the snares back up at Yellow Birch and by that time it was already 1700 (5pm)!! We got them all back up, re-baited and ready for another day!
While out and about, on the Davis trail we saw a magnolia warbler and it was so pretty! I think there was a nest nearby because he was clearly not happy about our presence there and was chipping and flying at us! I didn't get a picture, but I will find one online to put on here so you can all see what they look like!
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