We checked our traps at approximately 10:00 am again this morning and we captured eight animals - four recaptures and four new animals. One of the recaptures was a female we originally captured as a juvenile last July. We recapture juveniles as adults very infrequently, so it is an exciting event when it happens. It is much more common to recapture juveniles within a week or two of being first captured. This leads me to one of two alternative hypotheses: (1) juvenile survival rates are low, or (2) juveniles disperse off the refuge.
