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00:00And without looking at your watch you know what time it is right now yeah now without looking at your wash you held the tag
00:11What does the tag say on it that you must do did they just come through and it rocked you so hard that it snapped
00:18Hey, buddy relax relax
00:21Relax the boats were going like this my sliding glass doors were opening and closing my cabinets were opening closing
00:27So I can smell the odor alcohol. Yeah, it's this man is operating under the influence. He will be going to jail
00:35Nevada a land of extremes
00:39From the strip to the summits. It's wild country
00:43Home to more than 900 species and a way of life worth protecting
00:49Preserved for the people and the wildlife that call it home one team
00:54Stans guard this is
00:59Nevada wild
01:01My name is James Mortimer I'm a game warden with the Nevada Department of Wildlife
01:23I'm in the western region here in Washoe County
01:27Within that is Reno and Sparks about 400,000 population and above I was born and raised here in the Reno area
01:36It's where I was fishing and hunting for most of my life
01:38So it's fun to be able to be in areas that I know a lot of those outdoorsmen are
01:44Recreating I'm heading up to Lake Tahoe and we'll be patrolling by boat
01:48We're going to meet up with game warden Brittany Ryder and look for any reckless operators
01:54Operating under the influence or any other violations regarding watercraft or vessels
02:00Brittany Ryder patrols Lake Tahoe specifically and then assists any other wardens with patrol during hunting season
02:08Brittany how are we now good all right well let's get after it then
02:22Any big troubles with the paddleboarders at all?
02:25So there's some paddleboarders over at the point that the lifeguards see that without a life jacket and some of them might be kids
02:31Okay
02:31He's not even noticing us he's just paying attention to his phone
02:53Hello state game warden how you doing?
02:56Hey reason I'm coming up is I don't see a life jacket on board
02:59Wow okay
03:00Is that an inflatable life jacket or no?
03:02No
03:02Okay so Nevada law says you need to have a life jacket on board
03:05It doesn't need to be worn but it needs to be on the board okay
03:08You know how far off from the shore you are here?
03:10Yeah
03:10Probably about a quarter mile half mile right?
03:12Yeah
03:12Do me a favor just come up to my boat for me okay?
03:15Thank you
03:15Thank you
03:16Where are you from?
03:19Yeah sure I'm from Ukraine
03:21Ukraine?
03:21Yeah
03:22Okay you're on work visa or something like that?
03:25Yeah
03:25I understand coming from Ukraine you might not know all our laws and violations
03:29and everything like that
03:30So you need to have a life jacket on board okay?
03:32Life jacket
03:32So you don't need to wear it but it needs to be on board okay?
03:35Uh-huh
03:36We have a lot of issues out here with people they think that they can swim to shore
03:40but when it's in cold water like this their muscles start to lock up
03:44they can't swim as good and they drown
03:45It happens more than you think
03:47Now that you're on our boat do me a favor throw that on for me
03:51Thank you so nice
03:52Yeah
03:52What's your first name?
03:55It's a work visa
03:58After war started in Ukraine
04:00Okay
04:00Me and my son
04:02Yeah
04:02Comes to America
04:03Okay
04:04Have a work
04:05Yeah
04:05It is difficult to learn the laws and regulations when you move from Ukraine
04:10I'll use it as an educational opportunity
04:12and tell them about the laws here in the state of Nevada
04:15If you're going to come back you have to get a life jacket okay?
04:18Thank you
04:18Okay
04:19I understand
04:19Okay
04:20Thank you very much
04:20Best of luck to work and everything like that
04:23Thank you
04:23Yeah
04:23Have a good day
04:25Yeah you as well
04:2523
04:27Stay game warden how we doing?
04:46Good
04:46The reason for the stop is you don't have an observer on board okay?
04:49Um so while you're towing any two behind you
04:51You need to have an observer on board
04:53Which means you're operating
04:54Paying full attention to what you're doing while driving
04:57And then you have to have another person on board
04:59Watching the kids and having a flag ready okay?
05:02Can you just get the kids on board for me real quick?
05:10Uh do you have that registration available?
05:13In the house
05:13In the house?
05:14Yeah
05:14Do you have a driver's license here in Nevada?
05:18Yeah
05:18How long have you been on the water?
05:20Like eight in the morning
05:21Okay without looking at your watch do you know what time it is right now?
05:23Yeah
05:24No without looking at your watch
05:25Three o'clock
05:26Three o'clock
05:27I'm not drinking I don't drink
05:28Okay okay well the reason why I'm asking is that there's
05:31Yeah that was for the other
05:32Empty beer cans and everything like that okay?
05:34So I can smell the odor of alcohol?
05:36Yeah
05:36My name is Victor Jordan I'm a game warden with the Nevada Department of Wildlife
05:50Based out of Las Vegas
05:52I was born here
05:53I do have a family member who works for the department
05:56My sister Brittany works out of Reno area and patrols out on Lake Tahoe
06:01I got the job a few years later she asked me about it was very intrigued by it and says hey
06:07I think that's something that I'd like to do I said well come on let's go let's do it
06:11And uh she tested for us and nobody ever knew that she was my sister and she got the job on her own
06:17And when everybody found out that she was my sister they were all kind of upset with us
06:21That we never told them
06:23Today I'm going to be going to a local meat processor
06:26Basically we have one professional meat processor in all of Las Vegas
06:30So anytime anyone in the Las Vegas area harvests an animal and they want it professionally processed
06:37They bring it to this local processor
06:38We kind of go over there and make sure that everybody's animals are tagged and punched correctly
06:49How's it going guys?
06:50Good
06:51Good
06:52Just going to be checking some tags in here you got many carcasses in?
06:54Uh yeah we got probably about 20 in yesterday
06:58Yeah
06:58And maybe four already today
07:00Yeah
07:00And eight on Saturday
07:01Yeah
07:02Yeah
07:02Right on
07:03Yeah
07:03Good good cool thanks man
07:09So here I'm checking tags to see if it's punched
07:12Make sure that the dates kind of correspond
07:15This guy here harvested on August 21st
07:18He clearly notched it out
07:20He wrote in the unit 222
07:22And sometimes we'll just look at the carcass and make sure that they brought in
07:25A proper amount of meat for that animal
07:28If you're only seeing two quarters or a small bag
07:31Kind of wonder where the rest of the meat went
07:34So here you can see on this tag
07:36He's got an antelope
07:37Horns longer
07:38And what did he do?
07:40He circled the month
07:41He circled the date
07:42He circled that it was a male
07:44So this is a violation
07:45In the instructions it says
07:47Immediately upon reaching the harvested animal
07:49Number one
07:50Clearly notch the month and day of kill
07:54Marking the blocks with a pencil
07:56Is not acceptable and not as bold
07:59So he used a pen pencil here
08:02It clearly says it right on the tag
08:03So that's a violation
08:04Sometimes if they use pen and they do it light
08:07You can just rub the tag a few times with your thumb
08:09And rub off the date
08:11Hopefully when they get the meat back from the processor
08:14They look at their tag
08:15They look at it and say hey I can rub that off
08:17I'm gonna go harvest another animal
08:19This guy did it pretty bold
08:20But at some point he didn't follow the laws of the state of Nevada
08:25We pay him a visit and find out what he was thinking
08:29Now the whole reason why we check tags
08:31Make sure that people are obeying by the law
08:32Your resource would be diminished immediately
08:35So here's one that we really hate to see
08:38This is a mule deer that's not punched
08:41And I'm not seeing even a slice
08:42The problem is this is a junior
08:44So it looks like it was a girl who shot it
08:47I'm sure with her dad
08:49And she didn't punch it
08:51So whoever's taking her
08:52And teaching her how to hunt is not teaching her the proper method
08:57So we always hate to deal with crimes with minors
09:01But they need to be shown the right way
09:03And we want to keep the next generation continuing to hunt
09:07And when you have a minor who committed a crime
09:10Sometimes it's not fun to deal with that
09:12I just got to take some notes real quick and
09:14Find out who they are and go pay him a visit
09:16So I can smell the odor of alcohol
09:23Yeah
09:24I don't know if it's coming from the empty cans or not
09:27Okay
09:27Would you be willing to submit to testing?
09:30Yeah
09:30Okay
09:31If you can keep your life jacket on board
09:33And then just come up to the front of my boat right here
09:34I can smell the odor of alcohol
09:37Coming from the vessel
09:39And possibly the operator
09:41This could be very dangerous
09:42He's got three children on board with no operator
09:45And it could be very easy that one of these kids go overboard
09:47And he's not attentive enough to know that they've fallen overboard
09:51So when's the last time you had a drink?
09:57Okay
09:57So like I said
09:59I can smell the odor of alcohol coming out of the boat
10:01If it's just the empty beer cans that's messing me up
10:05I'll be able to just tell with this one test
10:07It's just a horizontal gaze nystagmus
10:09So follow the stimulus
10:11Which is the tip of my finger with your eyes and your eyes only
10:13And keep your head still, okay?
10:15This isn't something that we can use officer discretion
10:25If this man is operating under the influence
10:28And is above the legal limit
10:29There is no discretion here
10:31He will be going to jail today
10:32If this man is operating under the influence
10:47And is above the legal limit
10:48He will be going to jail today
10:49All right, just keep following the stimulus with your eyes, okay?
10:52All right, you can relax, man
11:01If you had alcohol above the legal limit
11:03Usually what your eyes are going to do is going to bounce, okay?
11:06I'm not seeing anything like that in your eyes today
11:08I'm not going to continue forward with the operating under the influence investigation
11:11You're all good to go
11:12What I am going to do, I am going to issue you a citation today
11:15For not having an operator on board
11:18While you're towing a vessel, okay?
11:19Just give us a second
11:20So if you jump back on the vessel, you're good to go
11:22I'll be issuing a citation for operating without an observer
11:27The fine does carry $195
11:30And it is a misdemeanor violation here in the state of Nevada
11:33I do need a signature from you
11:34It's not a mission of guilt
11:35Just saying that you'll take care of it
11:37I do have to warn you
11:38If you fail to take care of it, we'll go to Warren, all right?
11:40You have any questions for us?
11:42Okay
11:43Thank you for staying sober
11:45And making sure everybody can operate out here, okay?
11:48Enjoy your summer
11:48I'll see you later
11:49I'm glad he's operating safe and he's out here
11:56But he just needs to make sure he's got some sort of observer behind him
11:59Hopefully he's learned his lesson
12:01Yeah
12:02So just leaving the meat processor and found a tag not properly punched
12:13So we're going to go over and investigate
12:15Find out his story
12:16And determine whether it needs to be a citation
12:19Hey, how are you?
12:36Hey, how you doing?
12:37I'm available
12:38That's you?
12:39Hey
12:39I'm Victor Jordan
12:40Game warden
12:41Nevada Department of Wildlife
12:43No, I'm good right here
12:44Yeah, so
12:45Uh, here to ask you a few questions about your hunt
12:47Okay
12:48So, uh, how did it go?
12:50Went good
12:50Went good
12:51It was successful
12:52First thing Saturday morning
12:54We heard about the heat
12:54Got it to the side-by-side
12:56Put the tag on it
12:57Took it all the way back to camp
12:58Got in the shade
12:59And, um, got a quarter of it
13:01The reason why I'm here
13:02Is because I've looked at your history
13:04You've been hunting for a while
13:05Okay
13:05And, uh, you're expected to know
13:07What to do with the tag, right?
13:09Supposed to punch the tag?
13:10Well, I did
13:11I squared out 22
13:12I wrote in 251
13:14Yeah
13:14And I wrote August
13:15Did you read what the tag said?
13:17No
13:18It's right on the tag
13:19About notching it
13:20Clearly notch it
13:21With a knife?
13:23Yeah
13:23Oh, I thought it was
13:24See, even my buddy
13:25Who, he's been hunting along with me
13:26It was
13:27We
13:27He even said it
13:28When I squirted out with a pen
13:30Yeah
13:30That if you didn't have a pen
13:31Then you were supposed to notch it
13:33But I just squirted it
13:34No, it doesn't say that
13:34It says to clearly notch it
13:36And it says do not use a pen
13:37And it's bolded
13:38Do not
13:39Okay
13:39So that's why I'm here
13:40Okay
13:41I did
13:41Okay
13:41So it looks like you did
13:43Everything else right
13:44Okay
13:45And the reason why we have
13:46An issue with that
13:47Is because
13:47You took it to malls
13:49You get it processed
13:50You get all your meat back
13:51You get your tag
13:52You wipe off the ink
13:53And you're back up
13:54And hunting again
13:56For another antelope
13:57I understand that?
13:59Yeah
13:59It's an education
14:00But also, unfortunately
14:01It comes with a citation
14:02Okay
14:03So, alright
14:03Do you have your ID on you?
14:04Yep, I'm ready
14:05Okay, thanks
14:06The tag does
14:07Specifically state
14:08That you shall not use
14:10Ink or pencil
14:11And clearly he has
14:13So it is a violation
14:14He will be receiving
14:15A citation today
14:16This is your ID bag
14:17Okay
14:17Okay, total bail amount
14:18195
14:19Additionally to the fine
14:20There's a six demerit
14:22Do you know about
14:22The demerit system?
14:23No, sir
14:23If you get 12
14:24Within five years
14:26You could have your hunting
14:27And fishing privileges revoked
14:28So
14:28Okay
14:29You're at six
14:30Okay
14:31For that
14:31Yep
14:32That's great
14:34So
14:34Until you gave me
14:35Those examples
14:35I never even
14:36Thought about any of that
14:37Yeah
14:38To do any of that
14:39And most sportsmen don't
14:40But it's the ones that do
14:42Think about those kind of things
14:43And do do those things
14:44That ruin it
14:45For everybody else
14:46And therefore
14:48We have to put those laws in place
14:49What I need from you
14:50Is a signature on the bottom
14:51It's just saying
14:51That you will take care of it
14:53All right, thanks
14:55You as well
14:56So although this individual
14:58Was a bit agitated
15:00I feel that just a simple education
15:02Is not enough
15:03And a citation would be
15:05A little more prudent
15:06My name is Aaliyah Lair
15:22I'm a game warden
15:24For the Department of Wildlife
15:25In the state of Nevada
15:26And I patrol southern Nevada
15:28Which encompasses
15:29A lot of Clark County
15:30So it's super busy
15:32On Lake Mead today
15:33Really nice weather
15:35It's about 90 degrees
15:36Lots of jet skis out today
15:38So I'm going to patrol the lake
15:39Make sure they're behaving
15:41Today I'm specifically
15:43Looking out for jet skis
15:45So making sure
15:46They have their equipment
15:46Life jacket is most important thing
15:49And then fire extinguisher as well
15:51But also making sure
15:52That they're obeying
15:54The wake zones
15:54Because that's a huge problem
15:56With how many people are here
15:57Are you able to step on that side
16:19And flip it
16:20So on the back
16:27It tells you which side
16:28You can step on
16:29To flip it this way
16:31There was a bit of a language barrier
16:34That I noticed
16:35So I'm communicating with them
16:37Hey, look at that sticker
16:38There's a proper side
16:40That you can spin it on
16:41Use your feet
16:42So I'm on my way to a junior hunter
17:01Basically a miner
17:03Who failed to punch her tag
17:06Being a miner
17:07It is a misdemeanor crime
17:10So having to have a misdemeanor
17:14On your record
17:15Having to go to juvenile court
17:17Having to take your parents
17:18With you to court
17:19All of that comes into play
17:21Whether a citation would be warranted
17:24Or simply a warning
17:26And an explanation of
17:28What the law actually requires them to do
17:31Just providing that education
17:33State police
17:39Hi, how are you?
17:44Is that here?
17:46Is she here?
17:47Why?
17:48Because I have some questions for her
17:49How about
17:49Is he here?
17:51He's at work?
17:53Okay
17:53She's right here?
17:55Okay
17:55All right, hi, how are you?
17:57Good, how are you?
17:58Good, I have some questions for you
18:00I'm state game warden
18:01I'm from Nevada
18:01And I saw that you harvested an animal
18:03And I just wanted to ask you
18:04About your hunt
18:05Um, well
18:07We got a deer
18:09Okay
18:09How did that go?
18:11So where did you get your deer?
18:12When was it?
18:14Well, we got it
18:15On the 22nd this month
18:18Okay
18:19And I saw it
18:21With some other deer
18:22Uh-huh
18:23Kind of off the dirt road
18:26And I shot it with my bow
18:27Okay
18:27You know, he dropped it off
18:29Of the bush
18:30To do the bush
18:31After we gutted it
18:33Okay
18:33All right, so
18:35There are some issues
18:36But you're not in trouble
18:37This is an education
18:38And then this is going to be
18:39An education for dad
18:40I'd really like to talk to him
18:42Is he the one who took you
18:43Or did
18:43Is this mom?
18:44Yeah
18:45Who's the one who's out
18:46With you out in the field?
18:48Dad
18:48Okay
18:48And then you, uh
18:49You dropped it off
18:50At the meat processor?
18:51Went into one
18:52Yeah
18:53So who carried your tag
18:54When you were hunting?
18:55It was just my dad
18:56So how come your dad
18:57Was carrying it
18:58And not you?
19:01Oh, is that dad?
19:03Yeah
19:03Perfect
19:04All right
19:05Yes, sir
19:13When you shot the deer
19:15Did the deer take off running?
19:17Yeah, he didn't go
19:19You can chime in anytime, dad
19:20Anytime
19:21I'm trying to understand
19:22What, I mean
19:23Okay, the tag thing
19:24Was wrong
19:26Maybe
19:26I, I, I
19:27As far as I, I can see
19:30I'm, I, you know
19:31And I was just trying
19:31To be responsible
19:32Fair enough
19:33So it didn't get lost
19:34So, I mean, again
19:35Fair enough
19:36So this is
19:37We notched it
19:37We, we did everything
19:38We were supposed to do
19:39Yeah
19:40So, what did we do wrong?
19:42So
19:42Stopping by
19:43So
19:43You want to talk to us
19:45Or
19:45Before I sit there
19:46And say, hey
19:47You know
19:47Take us to jail
19:49I'd like to find out
19:50What I'm
19:51Being charged with
19:52Or why I'm guilty
19:53You held the tag
19:55What does the tag say
19:56On it that you must do?
19:58It's fine
19:58Once you arrive
19:59To the animal
20:00What does the tag say
20:01That you must do?
20:02You knocked them
20:03Correct
20:03And right in the area
20:04That it was shot
20:05How do I know
20:06That that deer was shot
20:07In its correct location?
20:09What day was it shot on?
20:11She told me
20:11On the 22nd
20:12Okay
20:13How would
20:13How would I know
20:14That looking at the tag?
20:16Because it's
20:17Oh
20:17You know what?
20:18Yes
20:19Right
20:20We're tracking now?
20:22Let me
20:22Let me
20:23Okay
20:23Now I got you
20:24Let me step back
20:26And I'll explain
20:27All that to you
20:27Yeah, sure
20:28So
20:29We actually
20:30Pulled off
20:30The wrong tag
20:31The tag
20:32That we pulled off
20:33And notched
20:34Was
20:35We're going hunting
20:36In another three weeks
20:38For an antelope?
20:39The antelope
20:40Yep
20:41I notched the wrong tag
20:43Okay, so
20:44So, so
20:45Yes
20:45You can
20:46Wherever I have
20:48The other tag in the house
20:49But you can see
20:49The other tag
20:50Is already notched out
20:51Okay
20:52I just
20:52I just grabbed
20:53The wrong tag
20:54Okay
20:55Because I know
20:56That's one thing
20:57Absolutely
20:57You had to have
21:00The tag
21:00All the down
21:01Right
21:01Actually
21:02I was going to
21:02Call you guys up
21:03And ask you
21:04Because I mean
21:05The tag
21:05The promise
21:06The tag
21:06I have now
21:07Yeah
21:08Is notched out
21:09So I need to find out
21:10What to do
21:11To do with that tag
21:12Okay, well
21:12To be honest with you
21:13I do not know
21:14I'll get you an answer
21:15By the end of the day
21:16If I don't get an answer
21:18And I'm still waiting
21:19I'll call you
21:19By the end of the day
21:20And tell you
21:21That I don't have
21:22An answer yet
21:22Okay
21:23All right
21:24All right
21:25All right
21:25Thank you so much guys
21:26Have a nice day
21:27All right
21:27You too
21:27Thanks
21:27So after leaving
21:30These two individuals
21:31Determined to provide
21:33An education
21:33For a minor
21:35And a site
21:36For the individual
21:37Providing education
21:39Letting people understand
21:40Why it's important
21:41To punch your tag
21:43And let them know
21:45That we're out here
21:46And we're watching
21:46So it's super busy
21:56On Lake Mead today
21:57Lots of jet skis out today
21:59So I'm going to patrol the lake
22:01Make sure they're behaving
22:02Are you able to step on that side
22:09And flip it?
22:12There was a bit of a language barrier
22:15That I noticed
22:16And so I'm communicating
22:18With them
22:18Hey look at that sticker
22:20There's a proper side
22:21That you can spin it on
22:22Use your feet
22:23There we go
22:32There we go
22:45There we go
22:57Hey
22:58Hey
23:01Hey
23:08Hey
23:10Hey
23:10Hey
23:11Hey
23:13Hey
23:13so we got a little bit of smoke which sometimes after a flip can happen so it looks like the jet
23:27ski is good they're they're taking it slow because they're nervous to flip again both of them had on
23:33life jackets which is a huge thing because a lot of people even with life jackets will panic
23:37because it's a shock of cold even though it's 80 degrees in the water it's way colder than what it
23:43is outside and also you hit the water pretty hard when you come off the jet ski so if they weren't
23:48wearing their life jackets that would have turned into a rescue instead of an actual vessel assist so
23:53that's one of the reasons why we preach having safety equipment with you and on you at all times
23:59and make sure that it's actually functional I'll be clear of that vessel assist oceanora tonight
24:13my name is Joe Barnes I'm the staff specialist statewide specialist for the wildlife diversity
24:32division which just means I juggle a lot of grants but on a personal level my specialty has always been
24:38for the past 17 so year or so years I've been able to focus on birds of prey peregrine falcons golden
24:46eagles a lot of cliff nesting raptors hey how long you been here oh that's not too bad Mariah is another
24:59wildlife biologist with the department so we're gonna band some raptors specifically a little-known
25:04hawk species is a fruginous hawk she's coming out today to help me kind of keep the nestlings in
25:10check corral them restrain them once we get them in hand we'll go up check a couple sites and then
25:17get an age hopefully there are some nestlings doing the blood and getting transmitters we're
25:22gonna try to track their movements and try to see how they use the landscape and what particular factors of
25:28the environment are most critical for the species cool all right these are solar-powered satellite
25:36transmitters so you know once you get these transmitters out it's a lot of hands-on work
25:40just to make it happen but once they're out I can sit there and download from my desk I never once need to
25:46see or touch that bird again for the rest of its life I just need to download data so the data I get is
25:54GPS point every hour I also get things like temperature I get velocity yeah you know see
26:00if the birds stopped in place or if it's moving and also elevation so I get usually meters above sea
26:09level and so that way I can tell is the bird using thermals getting up in the air is it perched is it on
26:15a tree is it on a raceline things like that there's a nest really small tree but it's literally you know
26:33150 yards out from the road so my plan is to possibly put on a transmitter on at least one of
26:39its nestlings so we only have the three transmitters maybe just put one here that's what I'm kind of
26:47thinking if we put one here and then we for sure had nestlings at the next site so one here one there
26:54gear gear up I got capillary tubes yeah needles I think we got everything
27:02yeah if they if they start running Joe just drop the ladder yeah I'll get it all right here we go
27:11this guy might be solo okay oh we're not getting that bird no that is its fledging flight I would say
27:23how's it going not too bad gonna fill up sweet thank you
27:37hey what's up I guess somebody came in over flat wake speed which at this point there's nothing we
27:48can do we have to witness it apparently it made her one of her fly on her dock break yeah I'll I'll head
27:56over with you if it's just that line there's not much that we can do but um if there's if there's damage
28:03I'll I'll handle it so right now National Park Service just got a call in from somebody right on
28:14the other side of this dock for possible property damage it sounds like another vessel came in over
28:20wake speed and possibly snapped one of their dock lines so we're gonna dock right now and then walk over
28:27and find them so what it looks like is this was a pretty old rope so whoever came in over a wake speed
28:49either this was kind of hanging out and they hit it or the wake caused the boat to hit against these
28:57buoys up against the dock and it just tore through that nasty old rope your call has been forwarded to
29:08voice now the person you're trying to reach is not available hi my name is Aaliyah Lair I'm a game
29:14warden with the Department of Wildlife oh how's it going you're all good was this the the dock line
29:23that was broken yep and did they just come through and it like rocked you so hard that it snapped or
29:29what did they do I thought it broke the cleat off my back of my boat it sounded like it broke the cleat
29:33so I ran out here and I saw the cleat was still there and I looked down saw my rope was snapped right
29:38in half the boats were going like this my sliding glass doors were opening and closing my cabinets
29:42were opening closing my pocket doors was opening and closing yeah and I could barely get up to my feet
29:49to walk out because the boat was going like this so bad it's worse than any kind of windstorm out
29:55here when we have all this wake out here and people are not paying attention to the no way I
29:59know I know and there's no one out here ever watching this I'm seeing two to four of the ranger
30:05boats sitting right over at the boat launch and I'm like the problems over here we're generally sitting
30:09over there just because that's where a lot of traffic is but now that we know that there's more of an
30:13issue over here yeah we're gonna be sitting over here over here you're gonna have a shootout and it's not
30:17gonna be me it's gonna be them because they're getting tired of us calling them out when they're
30:21breaking the rules here we know who they are we're getting pictures of them nothing is being done get
30:27the trash get the riffraff out of here all we can do is increase our effort can you put a sign out
30:31there because obviously they don't know what no wake means maybe you need to put idle through the
30:36marina which is an issue because they're supposed to be taking their boaters education yeah so so we're
30:42we're cracking down on that on wake zone and then they should know what those buoys mean
30:45because if they go through the course they're supposed to know what that is they need to be
30:50getting tickets or something but um one of the rangers said um instead of using the megaphone to
30:55start taking pictures and just first sending them to you guys and I'm like okay so now we're gonna sit
31:00here and do your job and then pretty soon you're seeing them all rolling in here all hot and they're
31:06all gonna want to get in fast and this is this is the bewitching hour the rangers aren't usually out
31:18here patrolling unless they get called out so now that we know we can start patrolling out here we'll
31:22do that we understand yeah but I'm paying for the damages yeah I understand if they're not damage if
31:27there is any damage over a certain price point we can report that to the Coast Guard if it's over
31:32two thousand dollars um that's what we can do if it's below that if there's a self-report form we
31:36can send to you we're not saying there's not an issue and we'll start addressing it we'll start
31:40coming over here and watching that yeah I'm I'm out here at this time so you'll see me out here now
31:46that I know because before the problem is we were getting people telling us on that other side they
31:51were getting into fights oh yeah because people were coming through the wake zone I'm not going to
31:55strain my vocal cords that they're not going to hear me so I got a megaphone but they don't hear it
32:00yeah or they're hearing it they're they're not honoring it and they're they're thinking
32:04you're crashing our party yeah Karen you know like really well look what you're doing to our boats
32:12yeah and look what you're doing to our ropes and what if we have children inside and they're standing
32:17on their feet and you knock them off their feet yeah yeah a little kid yeah and we'll let our morning
32:23guys know too that they're they're coming out hot and we'll be here for when they're coming in hot too
32:28we got our megaphone so we're we're gonna be out here we'll we'll take care of it okay good yeah
32:35yeah I hope you use your megaphone oh yeah don't forget to say please yeah exactly it goes a long
32:40way yeah thank you yeah yep yep all right have a good one sounds good I appreciate it yeah so
32:50originally stuff was coming in for actual Hemenway harbor with all sorts of wake zone violations
32:59people being aggressive towards each other as far as wake zone violations go so now that we know that
33:07this section is being hit hard by wake zone violations we can actually focus have somebody
33:12over at Hemingway harbor and then somebody over here that bird's in good shape he's going to be
33:23successful the other one's just hunkered in here it's still got feathers on or sorry down on its head
33:28so I'm putting it closer to probably 36 to 38 days old I don't think you know famous last words but I
33:37don't think it'll be able to fly off on us okay oh we've got a rattlesnake in here western rattlesnake
33:50tucked in nicely right under that there he goes sees ya hey buddy oh there's goes a rattle there he is
33:58yeah try not to get eaten by a fruginous hawk pretty sure I see it down on the top of one of their heads so
34:07tells me it's a younger bird I like it I think we end up just processing here what do you think probably
34:19you know it's interesting they're not that young so there is two well they're definitely younger than
34:24the one that flew away mental note of this Mariah um there's some cottontail fur right there more
34:32cottontails edge of the nest hey buddy I think the second one's even younger it takes weeks for their
34:44feathers to grow out and to harden so right now is a kind of a critical period where you can grab them
34:49when they're pretty well developed but not ready to fly yet and there is the feistiness
34:58oh don't don't don't don't do that hey hey hey hey relax relax buddy hey
35:05he wants to go and he's got a lot of wind in his wings uh-huh
35:10oh
35:10hey buddy hey buddy relax relax relax relax okay
35:24relax I think two more males
35:30Junior's slipping out the back
35:32okay let me know if you need me to move around
35:41whoa whoa that was interesting did you see him did he just like lunge at you um yeah so I would if
35:47Mariah go over to the back side the down slope side okay I'm gonna try for this guy quick three two
35:54one
36:05that's a good bird that's a good bird
36:09we're gonna put them in a bag right now it's for their own safety really and also just to keep
36:13them contained that way they're not really tempted to try to run away or or even fly away
36:18next glad you brought your hook um it's just almost impossible to reach back there hey buddy
36:28come come come come on
36:33yeah hey buddy
36:35that was smarted
36:50got him
36:58relax
36:59relax
37:01he drew blood too
37:04i guess i deserve it
37:16the mess
37:21well yeah you kind of it wasn't just a piercing so it's actually probably good it
37:26let some of the bacteria flow out
37:30i feel like these guys this year are feistier than our previous
37:36word's getting around i think so and the transmitter in the is on the outer bag
37:42probably at least 500 meters oh hey buddy uh we're gonna have to uh
37:47put a good on you yes hey hey friend okay relax relax
38:03let's see if we can get the hood on we can get the hood on we can get the hood on
38:21we can get the lights out buddy they don't like being handled by humans i mean that's not a surprise
38:29um and by putting a hood on it minimizes the stress on the birds it's good that he reminded us to
38:36take him seriously okay so you got the wing pretty good
38:42we're gonna look for some parasites in the blood we're also going to look for external parasites to
38:46make sure they're healthy i don't see really any parasites on peregrines either
38:53our primary goal is really to get these satellite transmitters on see how they use the landscape
38:58so where do they go once they leave their their nesting area it gives us a lot of information on
39:03mortality factors survival rates over time if you want to get a couple photos there we are one male
39:13virginia's hawk nestling banded how's that good close up of the face close up of that
39:25good teenage face there you are okay this will be a little bird okay
39:29uh 24
39:41you're okay okay so he can get a transmitter
39:49there you go buddy seems like he's trying to get his foot off but i don't think he's made much progress yet
39:59this is looking for blood-borne parasites looking for external parasites that's when we do the
40:06looking through the feathers
40:11and then combine that with a blood analysis
40:15okay we're ready to return them
40:39hey buddy stay put
40:46that's a good bird a couple of birds
40:51are we friends again i don't know if we were friends to start with yeah we might never have been
40:55friends all right we'll make a graceful exit here
41:01so today was a totally successful day we banded nestlings at two different nests i got two transmitters
41:07out satellite transmitters so we'll be collecting data for the next three years excellent
41:12got everything nestlings are back back oh that's a good feeling two nests done and you've got the hoods
41:31G
41:39so
41:40two nests
41:43that's a good Egypt
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