TOSS 23 COMING UP
BIRDS GOT A BREAK ON FRIDAY AND WERE SUPPOSE TO GO TO COLFAX TODAY BUT THE WEATHER GAVE THEM ANOTHER DAY OFF.
TOMORROW ON SUNDAY THEY TO AUBURN. ANOTHER 100 MILE TOSS.
GOOD LUCK !
BIRDS WILL GO OUT TOMORROW 60 MILES OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER AND ON THURSDAY 09/28/2023
BIRDS WILL GO 100 MILES. THERE WILL BE QUITE A FEW TOSSES BEFORE THE FIRST RACE.
FIRST RACE FROM BOREAL MOUNTAIN IS SCHEDULED FOR 10/15/2023.
ALSO, THERE WILL BE A HAND SCAN SOON TO CORRECT WRONG BAND NUMBERS AND FORIEGN BIRDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
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.
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 !
