Widow 5/4/08

August 27, 2008

May 4, 2008 Today was a perfect day — bright blue sky with big puffy clouds, warm, 70’, and some wind. However, the wind was doing crazy things, swirling around in all different directions, one moment giving great lift and […]

Widow 4/30/08

August 17, 2008

April 30, 2008   The temperature has gone cold again, 45’ late this afternoon with snow flurries. Cordi and I went up to the mountain where the wind was strong and held the promise of good eagle flying. I unhooded […]

April 28, 2008

August 17, 2008

April 28, 2008 The temperature has warmed up a lot today, 83. I went to the mountain with hopes of strong rising air. The wind was spotty, at times very strong and other times dead calm. Widow was dying to […]

Widow 4/26/08

August 17, 2008

April 26, 2008 I went over to Kuna, which is in Idaho, and flew out in the area where JH caught his first Oregon/Idaho jack rabbit, hoping for some slips. The whistle pigs are out in force. I did not […]

Widow passage female golden eagle

August 15, 2008

April 12, 2008 Female passage golden eagle (Widow) Wt. 9lbs 10 oz. I started to reduce Widow’s weight about two weeks ago. She is, after all, a trained eagle that has caught 12 plus jacks, so, for her, it is […]

Widow April 14, 08

August 15, 2008

April 14, 2008 The wind was at 6-8mph but coming from the NE which ended any chance of slope soaring. We did, however, get some valuable tree work in. I placed food in the smallish trees on the side of […]

July 28, 2008

  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 […]

MM and JH 4/1/07

July 28, 2008

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 […]

Eagle Journal – Day 15

February 12, 2008

Female: 8lbs 3oz Jackhammer (JH): 8lbs 5oz Both birds are ready to hunt, and frankly so am I! Even though there was a good chance for rain today, I told myself that I was going anyway.  I have said before […]