Good evening everyone,
A little harder day today, as Rick took the birds to the "En route" near Newmarket where the birds have been released before.
He released them at 1:15pm, as he waited (for hours) until the weather cleared - there was some fog for most of the morning. The release looked great - posting on Facebook momentarily for you. The sun was shining and lots of blue sky. There was a little fog that he could see over the lake - but that was it.
Rick also took some of his own race birds for the training, and they've been 300 miles already - some great birds to train with. In the clock out of 249 - currently sits 108. Yuck. It's 7pm.
He wonders if the fog over the lake, and maybe some on the way home, threw them off. We're crossing our fingers for some more to return tonight and tomorrow.
Please remember, Rick trains these birds as his own. He takes pride in their performance and is a little disappointed tonight. To add to the return thusfar, his best young bird is also not home yet. Again, yuck.
Let's keep positive thoughts for more to return...and we'll see how our first prep race looks for this coming week.
Thanks everyone,
Jeane (aka "The 1st Pigeon Lady")
Good evening everyone
Late day for me - but a great training toss again today, just shy of Newmarket About 10 miles hence the fast speed on the results. I've used the Newmarket station for clocking purposes.
Rick released the birds at 11:45am and the first birds made it back in about an hour - with about 240 clocking within 10 minutes of each other.
Check out the Trainers Tab for the results of today's toss.
Plan for another toss from Newmarket tomorrow and we will aim for our first PREP RACE on Monday or Tuesday!
Have a great Friday night,
Afternoon flyers,
Rick took the birds to Newmarket this morning and released them around 9:10am. This is about 100 miles in distance.
I believe Rick has a video of the release - so I'll post that later today.
The birds beat Rick home, and when he got home, there was a hawk sitting on the landing board. When he looked at the clock - there was 225 and about 20 flying about, and scattered on their way into the coop - you'll notice that on their times clocked.
I will post the results posted when I get home...hang tight!Jeane (aka "The 1st Pigeon Lady")
Good afternoon everyone,
Rick managed to get to Bronte Road and the 407 this morning, and with strong winds he decided to release the birds and see what they could do.
He released them just before 11am and it seems as though most of them are home before noon.
I will post the results later today when I get home from work.
We're getting their miles on!Jeane (aka "The 1st Pigeon Lady")
Hello again!
Figured I would write a note referencing our plan for dates for the Prep Races and Main Race!
Our first PREP RACE is now scheduled for Mon. Sept. 19th - this coming weekend! We'll make sure all of the races, both prep and main race have LIVE CLOCKING too.
We've changed the prep races to 3 now (instead of 4) and the main race will be the fourth race.
Please see the PAYOUTS tab under the WINCOMPANION drop down menu on the website for the breakdown on pay.
The MAIN RACE is now tentaively set (of course weather dependent) for Monday, Oct. 10th, 2022. This is the holiday Monday.
The other 2 prep races will be held between these 2 dates, and will of course be weather dependent.
I will keep you posted as to any news, when it happens!
Have a great day everyone,
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!
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!
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.
