The 218.97 Mile Race Report has been updated. All unactivated birds have been removed.
The birds have been resting and recuperating. We will loft-fly them tomorrow and Friday.
This race was more difficult than many may realize. The birds began with light head winds but encountered stiff right side winds for about 3 hours in the middle of the flight. On the last part of the race, the birds had head winds again. Around 11:00 the heat rose and the sun became more and more intense. The UV Index was 11 (Very High). The first birds did an incredible job.
We're watching the weather and will fly the 325 Mile Race, hopefully, at the first of the week.
The multiple pages option isn't on the Admin Page, which is the one I'm always working from. It is available when you access the Updates Page. I'm posting the prizes now. Sorry for the delay.
Live clocking will resume shortly.
We have the clock running for the birds returning today. We will turn on the live clocking right after lunch at the latest.
Three of us checked out 5 different weather sites for tomorrow (Friday). Most, not all, showed a little sunshine for our release. We feel like this is our best chance. There has been rain, or low heavy clouds and wind, every day. The weather also looks sketchy for a few days afterward. My daughter lives in Lawton and confirmed it's been cloudy and rainy every morning for the last week.
Good luck to everyone!
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is one week since our 150 mile race. We are ready, and the birds are ready, to fly the 225 mile race. The weather report in Lawton Oklahoma shows rain, thunderstorms, clouds and strong winds for the rest of the week. We will race on the first reasonable day.
The ineligible birds have been removed from our 150 mile race results.
No more birds have clocked.
We will fly the 225 mile race the middle of the week if the weather allows.
We had rain all afternoon so we will have to check for late birds tomorrow.
We want to fly the 225 mile race in about 1 week.
We had rain here this morning so we had to bring the clock inside.
I will run all the birds over the antennas this afternoon to see if any birds returned today. We still have 7 activated birds out.
The birds had a sunny sky at the release. About 45 minutes into the race, they encountered clouds that soon became low heavy clouds. I think this bothered a lot of the birds. It stayed that way for the rest of the way home.
It's been over 2 weeks since our 100 mile race. This was the first decent day we've had, so we had to go with it.
The race update will happen after lunch tomorow.
We had birds coming right up to dark, so we should get more home in the morning.
A couple videos of the first birds returning today have been posted on our Facebook Page.
