We have had a lot of poor pigeon flying weather this last week. We've been flagging the birds every day that's possible. Right now we have freezing rain. Our area will be shut down until Wednesday.

I'm hoping we will be able to toss from 55 miles on Friday.

We tossed the birds from 41 miles today. They had a little wind on the left side and they went slightly south of the loft. They had to hook back and caused them to be 4 or 5 minutes late. Other than that it was an excellent result.

We had about 9 birds that were later than the group. All birds are home.

Our next toss will be 50-55 miles.

We tossed the birds from 41 miles today. They flew home as fast as was possible for a calm day.

We plan to toss from here 1 more time and then 55 miles.

We tossed the birds from 29 miles again today with excellent results. The birds flew home about as quickly as is possible with 5 mph head winds. 

The birds circled for 2 minutes before trapping.

We are still missing 1 bird. Hopefully it will return tomorrow.

We tossed the birds from 29 miles on Saturday morning. The 1st 2 birds returned in very good time. After that they came back in singles, doubles and small groups. I have no idea why it was a problem. It was a little hazy but nothing extreme.

These tosses are great for training. 

One bird returned injured today.

Hopefully, more of our missing 8 birds will return tomorrow.

We tossed the birds from 20 miles today (Friday). The flew straight home in 39 minutes. They circled for about 5 minutes after arriving. All the birds came together except 4. They arrived a little later.

Tomorrow (Saturday) we plan to toss from 25 Miles.

We had thick heavy fog this morning until noon. 

Tomorrow we have wind gusts uo to 29 mph. 

Our next toss will be at least 20 miles.

We tossed the birds from 16.66 miles again this morning. 

The birds took 4 minutes longer than yesterday. It appeared they missed the loft and had to hook around. 

They didn't circle quite as long as yeasterday but were still concerned.

We had about 10 birds that missed by a lot and were late. I always believe these birds learn a lot from their mistake.

We plan to toss again tomorrow from the same spot one last time.

We tossed the birds from 16.66 miles today (Monday). The birds circled a few minutes then flew straight home into 5-7 mph headwinds. They made excellent time from this spot for their 1st toss.

The birds returned in exactly 30 minutes. When they arrived they circled for about 13 minutes before trapping. They were still wary from the hawk attack on the last toss. As they were going in they spooked themselves and a large group flew back up and stayed out quite a while.

Hopefully they will calm down and begin trapping like before.

Our 1st bird to clock on the previous toss was attacked by the hawk. We rested him and he seems to be able to fly. Although he didn't participate in this toss, he will go on our next one.

We flagged the birds today (Saturday) and didn't have any hawk problems. We will continue to be present when the birds return from their tosses.