News and Updates
Oct-20-2023

Our 80 mile toss yesterday was not so easy.  The birds were mass released early with a temperature of 61 degrees.  Slight variable wind.  Birds got together and left in one group.  At the loft, temperature was 75.  The last 3 weeks temperatures have been ridiculous in the desert.  Which is why I kept the birds at 42-46 miles for more tosses than usual.  This week, Wednesday showed the best day to go further.  Those that have raced the course know this is not a lollipop course even when it is cool.  High temperatures will continue until the weekend where we hope things become more normal.  We are planning on a 90 mile trainer on Sunday.

 

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Oct-17-2023

Sunday's toss was pretty typical for a headwind day at release.  It was just a slight wind but for some reason birds always come broken up like this over the years.  The toss did take a lot more energy than expected.  We will give the birds another day to recup and train again on Wednesday.  

 

 

**For those breeders participating in this years race, please make sure you received email regarding San Diego race week schedule.  Deadline for California Classic RSVP is this week.

 

 

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Oct-14-2023

We were planning on another 70 mile toss Saturday.  However, we were told yesterday that a solar eclipse is happening at 8:00 a.m..  We are not training or loft flying tomorrow.  We appreciate the notice and concern from those breeders that contacted us.  We hope to resume training Sunday.  

 

Oct-10-2023

The temperature in the desert is expected to cool down 10-15 degrees starting this week.  Today very windy this morning with high winds this afternoon in the mountains.  Sand storms/20-30 mph winds  predicted tomorrow in the desert.  

We will loft fly today and keep birds in tomorrow.  We plan on 65 mile Thursday.  We will start mass release hopefully Saturday or Sunday at 70-75 miles.

The birds are looking very good.   They have a lot of tosses under their wing.  We now just need mother nature to be kind.

 

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Oct-07-2023

We were planning on another 60 mile toss this morning.  The temperature in the desert at 7:00 was 80 degrees and getting hotter by the minute.   Brought birds back to 42 miles where it was a little cooler.  Will try agin tomorrow.

 

***Live clocking  report missed 12 birds today.  It will be resolved on next toss.

 

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Oct-04-2023

We had our first release in the desert.  Birds were released in 4 big groups..5 min apart.  The desert was warm with temperature at 75.  Once birds hit the mountains the temperature cooled down 5-6 degrees.  However, Strong crosswinds half way home.  We plan on mass releaseing later part of next week.  Temperatures expected to get hot in the desert for the next week. We will train accordingly.   We will adjust our days training to 3-4 days a week as we move further in distance.  

 

For those coming to San Diego for race week, now is the time to make your hotel reservations.  We emailed race information a few days ago.  

 

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Sep-30-2023

Training on hold until Monday. High winds in the mountains until Sunday evening.  Yesterday's toss a little difficult for most.  The release was a little later. Weather was clear at release  but still cloudy at home.  

 

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Itinerary 2023

Sep-25-2023

We had tough toss yesterday.  The day was perfect.  Cool with slight headwind.  As mentioned many times before in the past, all the birds will get their wing time at some point.  When flying through mountain terrain the birds can get themselves in  unfamiliar valleys and what should only take 20 minutes can take all day of flying to figure it out.  We will let the birds relax and continue tomorrow.  

 

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Sep-16-2023

Today's trainer cancelled.  Heavy marine layer/fog.  The past few days we have been releasing later than we would like due to overcast.   Sun has been popping through 10-11.   However, today and tomorrow no sun.  And currently mist.  We will train accordingly.

Birds are currently liberated in groups of 200-300.  When they come home..many will continue to keep flying and play around.    With the overcast, it's been cool.  We are all enjoying it.  

 

We will be sending out more race info pertaining to the week of racing in San Diego, so please make sure your emails are correct.  

 

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Sep-08-2023

We plan to start Live clocking the later part of next week.  We are still in the process of educating the birds through the variuos valleys and mountain terrain. The current inventories are just that...inventory.  Where you place on the sheet has no merrit.  Inventory currently is just for your records.  

We have some hot days coming in the next few days.  We will train accordingly.

 

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