Squirrel Terminator mode

Cisco's sixth this season. He acted different today. Wandered around until he got the perfect shot. He's an ounce high. Body weight 938, well more than an ounce over his theoretical 900 gram flying weight.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Micro Bushy-tail Bash

Image
This weekend is Aesha's Bushy-tail Bash, held in Aldo, TX, on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan. I couldn't afford the time or airfare, so held my own meet. Attendance pathetic, but one of the Red-tails, a seasoned buzzard, caught a squirrel. It was his first since December 12 of last year and the 11th of this season. The Team Cisco take of this season stands at 57. Two Harris’s and a Red-tail. 
Read more

Recovering from falconer error

Image
Cisco came in at a hefty 920 body weight. It was cool and sunny. Early on I second guessed him after he watched a couple of squirrels before following. I was wrong. Within a minute or two  Cisco had a squirrel up on the side of a tree. He neatly pulled it off and dropped straight down into a big grove of palmetto. Unfortunately, palmetto can be loud and his falconer ran in to help him. When I hit the palmetto, it sounded like a cannon going off and a squirrel was gone.. Cisco didn't want me to feel bad so he went back to hunting. It was a little slow for a few minutes but pretty soon he peeled off another one this time. This time gliding about 100 ft off instead of into the palmetto. Most of the time when I second guess Cisco I'm wrong. Arnold helped. He was pretty good today. He got a small squirrel tidbit to eat. All is good.
Read more