Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2008 | No Comments »
4/15/07 JH 8.6 lbs MM 7.0 lbs Both birds were hungry. Yesterday was to have been their next hunting day but it rained all day, so today is the day. The rain had stopped but the wind was howling 18-25 mph. Today was ...
MM and JH 4/12/07
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »4/12/07 JH 8.6 lbs MM 7.6 lbs As my time flying in Lathrop winds down I want to make the most of it. Despite the fact that it is such an ugly place to fly a bird, it has, over the years, given ...
MM and JH 4/1/07
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2008 | No Comments »4/1/07 JH 8.5lbs MM 7.6lbs JH: I have been looking at a field to the east, on the other side of the big alfalfa hay field, but the last few weeks there seemed to be something going on near the field. Today, however, it ...
MM and JH 3/30/07
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »3/30/07 JH 8.8 lbs MM 7.5 lbs JH: Jacks have been a little harder to find these days, not sure why, but I have had to go to 2 and 3 fields to find a good slip. I started out in the big alfalfa ...
Mini-Me and JH
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »3/26/07 JH 8.10 lbs MM 7.3lbs JH: I went into the new hay field which is now completely covered in fiddle neck. JH was looking for ears -- jack rabbits will raise their ears, listening for predators, and JH is very good at ...
Day 62-72
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2006 | No Comments »Eagle Journal Day 62-72 Jackhammer: 8lbs 10oz Wind: 5-29 mph / Temp: 26’- 60’ Hello Everyone, Cordi and I left Vale, Oregon on Monday morning (11/27) on the last leg of a 17 day long journey heading back to our home in California. Two ...
Day 58
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2006 | No Comments »Eagle Journal Day 58 Jackhammer: 8lbs 5oz Temp: 50’ / Wind: 3 mph Hello everyone, I started flying my gyr/peregrine falcons last week and as I’m writing this journal entry I noticed my hands, they look like I put them in a meat grinder. Gyr/peregrine ...
Day 56
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2006 | No Comments »Eagle Journal Day 56 Jackhammer: 8lbs 4oz Temp: 50’ / Wind: 1 mph Hello everyone, I no sooner wrote on day 55 how shy eagles are and how JH in particular is shy about not flying into areas that look scary when…… I went to ...
Day 55
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2006 | No Comments »Day 55 Jackhammer: 8lbs 6oz Temp: 57’ / Wind: 0 mph Hello everyone, In a normal season I would be shutting down the eagles and switching over to my falcons now. But this is not a normal season……..with the move to Oregon hopefully coming ...
Day 54
Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Journal 2006 | No Comments »Eagle Journal Day 54 Jackhammer: 8lbs 5oz Temp :58’ wind: 0 mph Hello everyone, Fall is definitely here -- the mornings are cool and the grass is wet with dew. I went to the 10 acre alfalfa hay field. I haven’t hunted that ...
