Widow 7/ 7/08

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 row. She will go more than a mile out looking for a thermal and once she finds one will mount up, come over us, and stoop to the lure. Yesterday we changed the routine somewhat and did not go up to the top of the mountain but stopped on one of the benches about half way up. The idea was to see if Widow would still go find a thermal, mount up, find us and come over, she did. I had brought Thistle, our German wire haired pointer, in hopes that she would find a jack rabbit. Thistle didn’t but, none the less, Widow did her job. I can only hope to produce some game under her when she is in position.