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7 June 2019 – no casualties
4, 5, & 6 June 2019 – no casualties
2 June 2019 – no casualties
31 May 2019 – Carolina Chickadee
Heading into June and, as I’ve seen in previous years, there is evidence of resident birds dispersing in late spring. Here is another Carolina Chickadee, and another female with a brood patch, that apparently met her end during a bout of post-breeding dispersal.
29 & 30 May 2019 – no casualties
28 May 2019 – Yellow-billed Cuckoo
After a bit of a slow start it did not take long to wrack up 20 casualties this spring. Today it was a “day 0” Yellow-billed Cuckoo at the main north entrance, meaning that it hit and was scavenged before I found it. Here again is a reminder of the difference between scavenging and removal: This bird was immediately scavenged, but it will likely be many weeks before all traces of its feathers are gone.
