Training is on hold today. Heavy marine layer expected late into the day. The birds currently are doing very well in their training. Birds are still released in groups. We plan on releasing in the desert next week. Temperatures currently in El centro still very hot. Mornings are still 75-80 degrees at 6:00 a.m. The first few times in the desert birds will still be released in groups. The birds are released at sea level and need to climb the mountains. The first few times in the desert will take some birds hours to navigate home.
We emailed our San Diego Itenary a few times. We hope you all received. We also sent out a reservation page for Thanksgiving. The deadline for Thanksgiving reservations is October 10.
Have a great weekend.
Please call with any questions.
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Training is moving along nicely. Birds are still liberated in groups of 150-250. The flocks thus far are doing great, a few circles and they are gone. Today's toss was a little strange. Almost all the birds that returned home came in small groups. All kinds of thoughts..but thats young bird racing. Clocking times are irrelevant right now as birds are released in groups, and continue to play around. Once we get out to over 1-1/2 fly time on training tosses do the birds trap fast. We will start mass tosses once out 75 miles. Hopefully, the desert will cool down in a few weeks. Currently 100+ degrees everyday. Our current weather conditions are another heat advisery for the next few days. Hot. We hope to pick up training again Wednesday.
To all breeders, we sent out via email race itenary. We also asked for those coming to check the box for confirmation on days coming, and resend via email. We need all breeders to be on board with this new format.
Have a great week,
We are still on hold with training. We have been experiencing 100+ degree temparature daily. At 6:00 a.m, it has been 77-80 degrees the last few days. This morning we are at 88-90 degrees. Not much actvity at all the last few days. When the weather cools down we will resume with our training.
Hello breeders,
We have only been able to get in a half week's worth of training due to excessive heat (104 degrees today), expected to last into next week. When temperatures cool down, we will continue training as weather allows.
In the meantime, the birds will start Labor Day weekend with hand inventory.
Wishing you all a safe and happy Labor Day. Please call with any questions.
Today's clocking/ trainer is cancelled. Overcast/heavy marine layer throught the valley. We will post tomorrow.
This past week the birds did very well with their training. The heat and humidity were much lower than the weeks prior allowing for better flying. The next few weeks will become more of a challenge, as we start moving the birds into different mountain terrain/valleys. Hopefully, mother nature will be kind.
Road training has started. Our training format is a lot of short tosses. We train 5-6 days a week, weather permitting. We start live clocking once birds are out 25 miles. We are currently releasing in groups of 100-200 birds. We will continue with weekly clocking inventory. The condition of the birds currently is very good. Majority of birds come home and just want to play around. Temperature has been a factor the last few weeks. We are in the 70's early morning and by 10:00 it's hot. Monsoon weather....ugly afternoons
Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!!
Please call with any questions or concerns.
We start road training in 10 days. Birds are still flown in 3 groups daily. Most birds are starting to clean up in their body molt. We have had some monsoon weather the last few weeks. Hot, humid, and cloudy. The clouds have been great. We usually get a offshore wind starting at 10:00. The birds love flying in the wind, along with the high clouds.
Predators are back, cooper, red shoulder and falcons daily.
Later part of the week, we will start the birds on their training program.
We hope everyone is enjoying their summer. We are just a few weeks away until road training starts. We are currently exercising the birds in 3 groups. We started pushing 2 of the groups up. The last group needs a little more time for flights to be fully in. All birds are molting pretty heavy thus we dont like to push to hard to fly yet. Health is fair. Occasional eye cold is the norm.
The itinerary for the week of San Diego is complete. We should have that out next week.
