News and Updates
Aug-28-2022
HEAT AND HAWKS

I gave the birds a short toss today. We are starting the AU practice races today, and I had to wait for those birds to clear.  We are still having antenna issues and name issues. I left Terry Gilmore a voicemail, and I am sure he will get back yo me tomorrow. Before I basketed the birds, the clock,, which I leave on, read 193 birds. So sorry for the inconvenience, hopefully we will get this corrected in the next couple of days. It was warm at release, we had that male Cooper flying in the sky again, scared the birds, but he didn't go after any birds. Onward through the fog. 

Aug-26-2022
ANTENNA ISSUES

Obvious antenna issues. Supposed to get a new one today, didn't happen. Scanned birds are incomplete. I'm going to keep training, will get the anathe  asap.  Sorry for the delay.   

Aug-24-2022
HAWK AT RELEASE, HAWK AT LOFT

We had an hawk attack today on release at 5 miles. The birds started to land, then went sky high hawk near loft. Male Cooper. Birds were going through the trap 3 at a time.  If your bird is not showing up don't panic.  I'm getting a new antenna tomorrow. Birds did go in every direction, twice. 

Aug-22-2022
TRAINING

Training begins tomorrow. We will train every day, weather permitting. We are in a short rain pattern now.  I have hauled the birds across the property a couple of times to try to get them use to the truck.  I have an antenna down, as the one on the loft inside is not functioning properly. New one coming Thursday. This may miss birds, as they storm the traps when coming in. Currently there are 201 birds in the loft. Good luck to everyone. Thanks for flying the race. 

Aug-11-2022
UPDATE

I hand caught every bird in the loft today and did a chip check, as we are beginning training in the next few days. Wincompanion shut for some reason at 174, and didn't post.  There are 201 birds in the loft. I will list below the band numbers of the other 16 below. We got some Red e-bands from Siegel and I notice they seemed loose. The normal band, you have to pry open.  These Red bands were loose and sloppy. I had 10 birds with bands off or open.  I replaced those bands. Heads up if you get the Red ones Those birds that got rechipped Will also be listed below.  I am continuing fussing with the names next to your band numbers. I correct it and another one has no name next to band number. Can't figure it out yet.  

Birds with bad chips

HMC-551, BB.    VITA-8962, BC.    GRPC-2178, BC PD.    BUF-537, BC.    TRAP-499, BB.    IHC-447, BB.    IHC-430,BBWF

R-731, BB

 

BAND NUMBERS OF SCANNED BIRDS THAT DID NOT SHOW UP ON WINCOMPANION 

175-253.    176-19801.    177-205.    178-22303.    179-974.    180-5024.    181-17152.    182-306

184-22104.    185-510      186-11205.    187-4137     188-322.    189-2125.    190-21660.    191-1758.  

Training will begin in the next few days, weather permitting. 

Aug-02-2022
HAWKS ARE BACK IN FORCE

As most of you know we don't post a lot due to we are in the dog days of loft flying, getting ready to train. In the past two days I have had 4 different hawks at the loft. The OLR birds are finishing up a 5 day respiratory treatment, prior to training. A young hawk tried to hit the flock yesterday, and the birds went in every direction. If I had any questions about these birds ability to fly, they were removed yesterday, as they went up in a group, sky high.  I am very concerned about what the next few days will bring, as I haven't seen a hawk for months, and these birds have never seen a hawk. We are about finished getting the clock and antenna back in order and will start posting some loft flys and always when we train.  

Jul-12-2022
HAND SCAN TODAY

I hand scanned every bird today.  The flowing birds are here, but have a chip issue:

FCON-272-BC.    HMC-551-BBPW.    IHC-248-SILVER.    VITA-8962-BC.    TRAP-499-BB.    IHC-430-     ARPU-5027

 

We are working on getting the names on the clocking page, sorry for the inconvenience. You can identify your bird on the results. 

Jun-30-2022
END OF JUNE

The birds are locked out for about 3 hours daily. Their flights are half way up and health is very good. I need to get a hold of Terry as Wincompanion keeps omitting the names of Breeders but if you pull up the Breeders name, the birds are there. At the last loft fly the clock shows 219, and Wincompanion shows 202. Guess I'm going to have to catch them all again and hand scan them. Very hot here, way above normal. No real rain for a couple of weeks now. We aren't used to days in the 90's. 

Jun-08-2022
INVENTORY

Today I hand caught every bird in the loft and pulled nine and 10.  The birds are in excellent shape. Cant say the same for my chips, as we had several with new dead chips.  So, here we go, please pay attention.  
HERE BUT NEEDS TO BE RECHIPPED 

AA-33105-BB.         JEDD-19802-DC.         TRAP-431-BC.         ARPU-29199-RC.         VITA-1758-BC

BUCKEYE-324-SILVER.    MET-22268-BBWF.   MET-22271-BC.    HMC-536-BB.         HMC-551-BBPD

HMC-553-BB.         HMC-557-BBWF.    WEL-857-BB.    IHC-960-BBPW.   CHICAGO-11207, 11210, 11205, 

SPIRIT-104-BB.    AA-17152-GRIZ.    APC-22330-GRIZ.    ARPU-33008--GRIZ.    FCON-272-BC  

JFL-2130-BC. IHC-492-SILVER.      IHC-326-BCSP     

 

YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK TO REPLACE ANY LOST BIRDS. IF YOU HAVE A BAND NUMBER AND NO NAME NEXT TO IT, THAT BIRD IS HERE. WHY THESE NAMES DONT TRANSFER IS BEYOND ME IF YOU CLICK ON THE BREEDER, THEY ARE THERE. 

 

ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE TEXT ME OR LEAVE A VOICEMAIL, AS I DONT TAKE THE PHONE IN THE LOFT WITH ME.  I GET A LOT OF SPAM CALLS, SO, LEAVE A VOICEMAIL OR I WILL NOT RETURN YOUR CALL. TEXT IS BEST. 

Jun-04-2022
CLOCK

Yeah. I'm cussing locker room words you have never heard in your life. I let the birds out and all trap back in. The clock shows 181 birds. I turned on Wincompanion and it shows 115. Giving me fits will talk to Terry tomorrow. May be an internet issue. Don't know why it just stops. Will get the loft names corrected also where they are blank. Don't know what is up with that either when those birds are listed under the breeders name. 

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