Sunday 2 February 2014
We made it
through to another year! We re-opened yesterday, actually the weather was not
quite as awful as forecast, however it was not great, but we did manage to fly
almost everyone, either indoors or outdoors. We had many of our members come to
see us and it was lovely to see them and a few brave non-members as well.
Today the
weather is better, at least the wind has more or less gone and we have been
able to fly outside for most of the day. Mark’s Merlin Megstone is about ready
to go loose again. My Hobby is nearly there although it has a tail that is part
hers and part various Merlins as well!! But it works and that is the main
thing.
Muckle Row, the
Red Kite was amazing yesterday, completely unphased by being indoors and
actually did circuits in there as well, I was most impressed. I was less
impressed when Benbecula bit my eyebrow though!
Hilbre who is
new, our Striated Caracara did her first proper outside demonstration today and
was very focused, she needs all sorts of interesting things to do as they are
super bright and tough to manage if they get bored. So John is planning on
different things for her to achieve. Oh and Helen flew her first falcon on demo too, they both did well.
All flew well
today, apart from Tiapan who did a brief disappearing act and then arrived back
in the Play Area, very puffed. The big problem with peregrines is that they do
enormous circuits and before they are fit they run out of steam!!
Very sadly my lovely male Sparrow hawk Deneb
managed to kill himself by eating quail and getting a bit stuck in his throat two days ago. I had put him
in for the night as it was cold and left him happily eating a quail, only to
find him dead on the floor of the box in the morning, which was desperately
upsetting. He was starting to go so well and looked stunning in his adult
plumage. It was just sheer bad luck.
On the other side, the Verreaux’s now have
two eggs, and we have an egg from the Hooded Vultures as well. We have to hatch
that one from fresh as she broke two last year. So it is safely in the
incubator and she is sitting on a goose egg. Fingers crossed for them. The Palm
Nut Vultures are looking interested as well, and the Golden Eagles have just
been given and demolished their fourth nest!
Come and see us, we need the visitors............
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