Good morning flyers
Rick loaded the birds up this morning with every intention on a release this morning, however, while on his way to drive the birds, he was notified that the weather in Hamilton is awful. I'm looking out my window at work towards Hamilton and the sky is pretty dark over there.
Rick is going to hold the birds in the trailer for a bit, and see if the weather clears enough to take them on a toss.
Stay tuned!
Jeane (aka "The 1st Pigeon Lady")
Afterrnoon all,
Sitting in the barn here, uploading birds, and the sun is finally shining on us this afternoon. There's still some wind, but I guess better than rain.
Rick managed to crate the birds up midday and take them to Clappison's Corner, as there was a break in the weather, and we weren't sure how long it was going to last. He released them around 1:45pm and in the clock as of approximately 5pm there are 241. Pretty sure we sent 253...and the time I will correct - if indeed it's 1:45pm release (as I've put 2pm). Waiting to connect with Rick.
There was a pretty strong wind when the majority of them returned - I've posted a couple of videos on Facebook for you to see some of the groups return home.
Plan in the next day or too is to have the dates of the prep races finalized (as best we can...with this weather ugg) and get the final race date set.
Have a great night,
Morning flyers
It's rainy here in Niagara today. Luckily Rick wasn't planning much for flying for the birds today - as they worked pretty hard yesterday.
The clock has 252 in it now - as of about 10am this morning. I'll keep the clock on thoday - to make sure to capture any birds who are really taking their time.
I will be updating the dates for the races today and tomorrow. Potential for our first prep race coming next weekend!
Have a great day everyone,
Good afternoon everyone,
A different training toss this morning - Rick decided to let the groups of birds out, about 20-30 at a time to learn to fly in smaller groups. He let them out around 10am and they arrived home nicely. He took them, I think, around 30kms out.
I will post more later when I am home :)
Have a great Friday,Jeane (aka "The 1st Pigeon Lady")
Hi everyone
Rick managed to get the birds around to the other side of Lake Ontario to Walker's Line. This is near Bronte Road - so I've used that as the release point for Wincompanion.
After having a quick conversation with Rick, he stated that within the first 20 minutes or so from the 1st bird arriving, over 240 birds clocked in...this was I believe after 12 noon...but I will check when I get home and post the results asap!
He did mention that he kept 4 birds back from this release, as they weren't in "perfect" condition for the toss.
As of 3pm or so, there were 247 in the clock.
Again - stay tuned and I will post the results when I get home.
The rain is really hitting us lately. Today was miserable looking in the morning and into the afternoon but Rick decided to do a short toss this afternoon. Since the birds were crated and ready to go - he took them about 20km as soon as there was a clearing.
There's a short video of the release, with a little overcast. I will post up on Facebook.
Thanks
Afternoon everyone,
Rick managed to get the birds for another training toss today from about the same location - the heavy, cloudy skies did not permit for something further at this point. We're getting there - slowly but surely!
I've posted the results so far in wincompanion - 253 out of 255 sent.
We're planning for another tomorrow...weather permitting of course!
Have a great day,
For your reference:
Payouts
Main Race
1st $5750
2nd $4500
3rd $3250
4th $2500
5th $2000
6th $1250
7th $1000
8th $800
9th $500
10th $450
11th $400
12th $375
13th $350
14th $300
15th $200
16th through 20th $150
21st through 25th $75
26th through 30th $50
Each Prep Race (x3)
1st $200
2nd $125
3rd $75
4th $50
5th $50
Average Speed
1st $1500
2nd $1000
3rd $500
Last bird home on the day of the Main Race
$500
Evening all,
I've placed the full payouts under the PAYOUTS tab linked under the wincompanion drop down.
We will pay the top 30 positions for the Main Race. We will also award the top 3 birds for average speed. Remember we also pay $500 to the last bird home on the day of the Main Race. This award is called the Terry Wintle Memorial Award and it is our 5th year doing this award.
The race schedule changes each day for Rick...we are tentative with our dates and will post something asap to start to "go" off of. Again, this will be tentative. Prime example is this past weekend, full of rain, that has limited his training tosses.
I hope everyone enjoyed your long weekends and are ready to tackle the week ahead.
Thanks,
Jeane (aka " The 1st Pigeon Lady")
Afternoon flyers,
I've finally posted this morning's training toss from Clappison's Corners - just west of there.
255 birds clocked in out of 256 sent.
A couple of groups came home, instead of the normal one big return.
Hope you're enjoying your Saturday of the long weekend!
