Just finished writing this for our state publication, and haven't come up with a title for it yet, but I thought I'd share it here. Most of this will all be recap for you guys, of course, but I hope you enjoy it anyway!

( idk come up with a title for me, I suck at that part. )

( Because Pele and I have been doing well. )

Sunday's hunt was the last before the first day of class, and a perfect ending to my winter break. Pele has made a lot of good chases on bunnies this year, but cover has been thick enough where most of them slip away from her before she can get her feet on them. To her credit, she has always kept trying, and on Sunday, within about an hour of me ( Read more... )

She did exceptionally well today. I was worried it wouldn't work out since it was supposed to be really warm, but it ended up being overcast and breezy and she was around 392g, and it was the perfect combination. We went to the field behind the Red Lobster, which I often avoid because of how close it is to people, but on Thanksgiving of course it ( Read more... )

I'll come up with the total count later, but I just absolutely love this photo I got today so I figured I'd upload it now for you guys and write up the rest of the update later.

( So pretty~ )

Sorry for the lack of updates! To me it feels like it hasn't been that long and nothing much has happened, but that's because for the better part of the past two weeks, it's been too warm to fly Pele reliably. I think that's finally ended, though - it better have, anyway. It's November now, so summer really ought to be over. Freaking South, man, ( Read more... )

As of last Friday, Pele was back down to a nice lean 388g. She had been responding well indoors, and had one session on the creance on Thursday during which she did very well at the baseball field, so I figured what the heck, we'd go for it. We didn't manage to catch anything on Friday - good old Frog Pond 3 didn't have much bird activity, sadly, ( Read more... )

Pele is done molting, minus a handful of feathers that are finishing coming in, so it was time to bring her back home. I've been reducing her weight over the past couple weeks, and on Friday she was willing to let me walk up to her and put new jesses in while she ate, so I figured if I could do that much, I could pick her up and take her home. So I ( Read more... )

It's been a long, lazy summer for Pele. As of yesterday, she has finished dropping all of her tail feathers and primaries, so all that's left are body feathers. I don't think she'll finish dropping her secondaries, but they're still in good shape, so no harm in keeping them, I suppose. She'll probably retain a few brown juvenile feathers on her ( Read more... )

Well heck, no hunting doesn't have to mean no news whatsoever! Pele is having a great time bouncing off the walls in her summer vacation home at Heath's place. I can't weigh her right now, but I'd guess it's probably something over her trap weight, so up in the mid-500 gram range. Right now, she'll come down to food (sometimes) if I put it on a ( Read more... )