Widow 7/29/08

August 31, 2008

July 29, 2008   Location: Rattlesnake Ranch, Oregon   Cordi and I loaded up the two dogs, Maggie and Thistle, and Widow, and headed out early for Rattlesnake Ranch which is about an hour and a half from home. It’s […]

Widow 7/20/08

August 31, 2008

July 20, 2008 Widow has been putting on quite the show. We have flown her for several friends and she has been super. She goes up to tremendous heights and repeatedly stoops to the lure. I have started to change […]

Widow 7/ 7/08

August 31, 2008

July 7, 2008 Cordi and I have been soaring Widow up on the mountains across the road from the tank hill. Widow has become a fantastic soaring eagle; she will go up to a pin dot 5-7 times in a […]

Widow 6/2/08

August 31, 2008

June 2, 2008 Rain has been the order of the last few days. Cordi and I have spent some time looking for different areas to fly Widow and have found some interesting places. But, for today, I went back up […]

Widow 5/25/08

August 27, 2008

May 25, 2008 Widow has been grounded for several days because of high winds but today Cordi and I took her up on the mountain to fly. What a spectacular day — huge clouds with brilliant blue sky. Widow did […]

Widow 5/19/08

August 27, 2008

May 19, 2008 The weather has warmed up into the high 80’s, so today we went up in the late afternoon. We arrived at the mountain about 6:45, well into evening. Widow was hungry. She had spent the day worrying […]

Widow 5/15/08

August 27, 2008

May 15, 2008 Temperature 75’ Wind 6-14mph   Cordi and I went up to the mountain with conditions looking perfect for thermaling. As we pulled up, a first year female golden was working the hillside and drifted out over the […]

Widow 5/13/08

August 27, 2008

May 13, 2008  Temperature 64’ Wind 6-14 mph This afternoon I went up to the mountain and planned to bag Widow on a pheasant. I didn’t drive all the way up because if she caught the pheasant way down […]

Widow 5/11/08

August 27, 2008

May 11, 2008 Cordi and I and two friends, Derek and Cindy Marshall, took Widow back up the mountain and flew her. What a show she put on in a 35 mph wind. Widow flew for 2 hours. Cordi was […]

Widow 5/9/08

August 27, 2008

May 9, 2008 I went up to the mountain just to give Widow a short flight .. After calling her to the fist a couple of time she went up and out of sight. For two and a half hours […]