Widow 5/15/08

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 east side. She caught a rising thermal and shot up about 500 feet in an instant. The air was very good out in that direction because Widow immediately went the same way and in 2 or 4 circles was a pin dot. I, unfortunately, did not have a bagged pheasant with us so we settled for calling her to the lure several times from extreme heights. Probably just as well because I am not sure what will happen if I serve her from that kind of height. What I mean is, where is the flight going to end? How far away will she carry the pheasant? Soon I will find out. I just have to have the time to track her down and then lug her out of whatever canyon she lands in. We saw a young rattle snake and a green racer.