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 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 ...
3/24/07
Saturday, March 24th, 2007 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »3/24/07 The boys had a day off yesterday because we went down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium; had a very nice time. We got home late last night and this morning I just loaded up both birds and headed down to ...
3/19/07
Monday, March 19th, 2007 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »3/19/07 JH 8.5 lbs MM 7.4 lbs [caption id="attachment_193" align="alignright" width="150" caption="JH on a black tailed jack"][/caption] JH: I went to the field from hell, walked the entire thing and did not get one slip. Then I went to the new hay field, and ...
Mini-Me 3/17/07
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_190" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="MM on first kill YES!!!!"][/caption] 3/17/07 I went out early; the sun was just coming up as I was driving down to Lathrop. I was hopeful that the early start would produce more slips, but it did not. JH ...
Mini-Me 3/13/07
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_186" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="JH with jack near the pipe"][/caption] 3/13/07 I took JH to the large hay field and walked the entire thing. We saw a few jacks but ended up coming up on the oat hay at the end of ...
Mini-Me 3/9/07
Friday, March 9th, 2007 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »3/9/07 JH: I hunted the FFH (field from hell) and did not flush one jack which was surprising because I have not gone there much. I then went to the big hay field and went into the oat hay that is ...
Mini-Me 3/7/07
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_181" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Mini-Me on bagged rabbit"][/caption] 3/7/07 I am just about out of food for the 3 eagles. JH normally brings in a lot of food for the other eagles but in the last couple of outings JH has not ...
Mini-Me 3/5/07
Monday, March 5th, 2007 Posted in Journal 2007 | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_178" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Mini-Me and JH ready to go!"][/caption] 3/5/07 JH 8lbs 6oz MM 7lbs 6oz Today was the first day I took both JH and MM down to the fields at the same time. I need to change MM’s perch to ...
