Tracy any news on when the banning will take place?
Will you put a transmitter on him/her?
We are hoping we can get access in the next day or two to get our little solo chick banded. Jules is very protective so its going to be a bit hairy alright, but he/she is safe at the moment and looks to have been developing nicely. We tend not to be able to see the chick all the time, it likes to wander out of camera range!!
As for a transmitter, the chick is a candidate but it will depend when the time comes. We have a very small window of age - they have to be big enough that they have their juvenile (brown) feathers on their backs and breasts so that the transmitter doesn't interfere with their growth but not so old that they are hanging out on the roof edge, we won't take the risk of any chicks fledging prematurely. So not for at a couple of weeks if at all. We will have to see what the WW chick is doing and where when s/he is old enough.
