TOSS 19 WILL GO TOMORROW ON SATURDAY 09/23/2023 FROM ROSEVILLE OFF HWY 80.

NO TOSS TODAY 09/22/2023

GOOD MORNING.

BIRD LIST SHOWS 288 BIRD RECORDS.

THE WINCOMPANION ALSO SHOWS 288 BIRD COUNT.

THE CLOCK SHOWS 305. 

WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A HAND SPAN AND UPDATE SOON. THIS WILL GIVE US ACTUAL BIRD COUNT AND CORRECTION LIST.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 

JUST ARRIVED AT LOFT. LOOKS LIKE A POWER OUTAGE OOCCURED YESTERDAY. 

TOSS 12 DID HAPPEN AND ALL BIRDS MADE IT BACK FOM THE SECOND TIME FROM SAME LOCATION AS TOSS 11.

TODAY TOSS 13 THEY GO 10 MILES FURTHER. 

I WILL BE HERE TODAY TO MONITOR COMPUTER AND CLOCK WHEN BIRDS COME IN.

THIS MORNING, THE LOFT M-1 CLOCK SITTING IN ITS DOCKING STATION AND CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER STARTED BEEPING AND SHOWING A ZERO FOR ANTENNA HOOKUPS. IT'S SUPPOSE TO SHOW 3. 

NOT TO WHAT SURE WAS GOING ON I PROCEEDED TO CHECK ALL CONNECTIONS ON THE ANTENNA'S BACK TO THE CLOCK.

AT THIS POINT ALL IS GOOD.

FEED WAS SET-UP. WATER WAS READY TO GO WITH SECRET STUFF ADDED IN AND SO I WAS READY.

I TAKE UP MY SPOT TO VIEW WHAT DIRECTION THE BIRDS ARE GOING TO COME AND ARMED WITH MY PHONE TO SEE THE RESULTS.  I WAS READY !! 

ABOUT 150 BIRDS CAME AND STARTED TRAPPING. I GET NOTHING ON THE LIVE CLOCKING ON WINCOMPION.

SO, I RUN UP TO THE LOFT AND CHECK THE CLOCK AND I FORGOT TO START THE TRAINING MODE ON THE M-1.

SORRY FOR THAT ! MOST OF THE TIME I AM PERFECT (HA HA) AND SPOT ON BUT SOME OF THE TIME I GUESS I AM HUMAN AFTER ALL.

WE GO AGAIN TOMORROW FROM THE SAME LOCATION. I WILL BE SETTING UP EVERYTHING REMOTELY AS I WON'T BE AT THE LOFT.

GOOD LUCK AND I HOPE ALL GOES WELL ON MY END.

THANKS, MIKE GARRETT.

All birds are in.

Antenna and clock issues.

All is good. 

TOSS 7 IS SECOND TOSS FROM MARE ISLAND. WE STARTING TRAINING ON 09/01/2023.

THE COMPUTER HAS BEEN SHOWING 319 BIRDS. THE CLOCK HAS BEEN SHOWING 329. THERE ARE 8 FOREIGN BANDS IN THE CLOCK THAT DON'T SHOW UP AT ALL. WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A HAND SCAN SOON TO CORRECT BAD CHIP RINGS.

BASICALLY THERE ARE APPROX. 20 BIRDS THAT ARE HERE NOT SHOWING UP ON THE COMPUTER.

GOOD LUCK !

SATURDAY 09/02/23 TOSS 2  AT 12 MILES.

PARTLY CLOUDY 70 DEGREES AND CALM

BIRDS  RELEASED ALL TOGETHER. THEY CAME BACK IN TWO GROUPS SECONDS APART.

1ST TOSS TODAY.

350 BIRDS WERE RELEASED IN SMALL GROUPS ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE LOFT IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION.

TODAYS WEATHER WAS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 7-10 MPH WEST WIND AND ABOUT 73 DEGREES.

WE WILL POST LIVE NEXT WEEK.

THE BIRDS WILL GO EVERYDAY WEATHER PERMITTING. 

ALL TOSSES WILL BE IN SHORT INCREMENTS AND SOME WILL BE FROM THE SAME SPOT DEPENDING ON HOW THEY BEHAVE.

WE HAVE SOME WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVING IN  NEXT WEEK THAT MIGHT HOLD US UP A BIT BUT THE BIRDS WILL FLY EVERYDAY. EITHER ON THE ROAD OR LOFT FLYING.

THERE ARE ABOUT 8 BIRDS REGISTERING FOREIGN AND A FEW WITH MISSING CHIP RINGS.  THEY WILL BE CORRECTED WHEN WE CONDUCT A HAND SCAN.

THE FUN BEGINS !

GOOD LUCK TO ALL !

AFTER A ROCKY ROAD OF HEALTH ISSUES BROUGHT IN BY BIRDS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED AND LIFE IS GOOD.

SOME BREEDERS HAVE NOT LOST ANY BIRDS AND SOME LOST THEIR BIRDS BEFORE THEY WERE OUT THE OF ISOLATION HOLDING PENS UPON ARRIVAL.

AFTER EXTENDING ACCEPTANCE DATE IN ORDER TO GIVE BREEDERS EXTRA TIME TO SEND IN REPLACEMENTS AND LATE ENTRY ARRIVALS  "GROUP 3 WAS FORMED AND LABELED THE NET SECTION."  GROUP 3 GOT THEIR FREEDOM TODAY AS THE NET WAS REMOVED.

GROUP 3 WILL LOFT FLY AND SETTLE  AND FLOCKUP BEFORE ALL THE BIRDS ARE LET OUT TOGETHER WITH THE BIRDS THAT ARE ALREADY SETTLED.

WI-FI INSTALL AND COMPUTER AND CLOCKING ON WINCOMPANION WILL BE SHOWING UP AS, LOFT FLY/INVENTORY. THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PATIENCE.

REPLACEMENTS AND LATE ENTRIES ARE IN ISOLATION CAGES FOR ANOTHER 3 DAYS AND THEN WILL JOIN GROUP 3 IN THE "NET SECTION"

THAT WILL PUT 100 BIRDS YET TO SETTLE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THE OTHER 350 PLUS BIRDS ARE LOFT FLYING EVERYDAY.

THE MAIN GROUP OF BIRDS HAVE OPEN LOFT MOST OF THE DAY. THEY USUALLY FLY IN TWO OR THREE FLOCKS. THERE IS ONE GROUP OF BIRDS THAT SEEM TO FLY AND TAKE OFF, RANGING AND FLYING IN THE HEAT ALL DAY LONG. COOPER'S AND FALCON'S HAVE TAKEN A FEW BIRDS BUT SEEM TO HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING.

WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A HAND SCAN INVENTORY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 

ENTIES AND REPLACEMENTS ARE CLOSED.