dmitch
23 posts
Nov 10, 2005
7:01 PM
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Have any one ever tried flying rollers at night?
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nicksiders
290 posts
Nov 10, 2005
7:21 PM
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No.........I can't see 'em and they would rather die than fly.
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LONGS ROLLER LOFT
22 posts
Nov 10, 2005
7:26 PM
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I have never tried flying rollers at night. But I have flown rollers at night. !The Twilight Zone! Picture this if you will. A man laying in his bed staring into darkness the ceiling his sky.His number one kit skied at dusk.It stormed about midnight.
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yours in the sport Rick
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motherlodelofts
472 posts
Nov 10, 2005
11:01 PM
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Not on purpose but I have done it more than once. I have landed them in total darkness with lights on the roof.
Been thier a few time's Rick , 11 Pm and I'm outside whistling and shaking a feed can like a dummy with tears streaming down my cheeks.
Scott
Last Edited by motherlodelofts on Nov 10, 2005 11:05 PM
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J_Star
105 posts
Nov 11, 2005
4:27 AM
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I read this in the NBRC bulletin and I thought the author of the article was out if his mind. This is the kind of crap info, I believe, we should avoid reading. Have I done it? No and I will not attempt on doing it if I value my birds. Thanks.
Jay
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motherlodelofts
473 posts
Nov 11, 2005
7:24 AM
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It can be done, it is common for Tippler fliers ,Dave Mosely has done it to avoid the Falcon , he also was a big Tippler flyer at one time.
Scott
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
253 posts
Nov 11, 2005
12:07 PM
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There was a guy in the LA area that used to fly his birds at night. I guess he had a reasonably large back yard with intense flood lights lighting up the backyard as well as aimed at the sky. According to what I was told, he did this to avoid loosing birds to the hawks and falcons, and apparently it worked fairly well. My only concern would be loosing birds to "freaking" out by the darkeness and ultimately the roll into something. We can change the way we fly the birds, but nothing will change the fact that pigeons have bad low light eyesight.
Brian.
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big al
201 posts
Nov 11, 2005
12:40 PM
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Hi Dmitch
Around 1984 I was Living in Costa Mesa but working in Long Beach. I would get off depending on the time of year with only about 30 minutes of daylight left. I would fly the birds and after a few weeks something strange happened...
The birds would fly an extra 15 to 30 minutes in the dark on a regular basis!! I never lost a bird!! :-0
(True story)
Now I would never just toss up birds in the dark. I think that would be silly, but those guys found a way to adjust!! ? Maybe the well lit surroundings played a part? ----------
See you in the roll!
Big Al
"High Plains Spinner Loft"
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Ballrollers
179 posts
Nov 11, 2005
6:31 PM
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Guys, I had an experience with a friend, locally, who put his birds up 45 minutes before sunset and his birds followed the sun as it set. In the light of the full moon they returned, all 20 in the kit breaking and spinning until 2 in the morning with three of us whistling our fool heads off; trying, unsuccessfully to give the birds some bearings in the moon-lit sky.!! If I hadn't seen it I would never have believed it! It was an awesome sight. Amazingly, he only lost one bird. He has a street light next to his lofts and I vowed to get the power company to install one for me after that experience! YITS Cliff
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nicksiders
292 posts
Nov 11, 2005
9:29 PM
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Cliff - you could see them rolling in the moon light? Where they up there 300 to 600 feet?
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Mount Airy Lofts
47 posts
Nov 11, 2005
9:55 PM
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It happens some times when you just can't help yourself. I have had it only happen twice on me but they didn't stay up to long in the total darkness (say about 15 mins after complete darkness). With the aid of the loft lights and alot of whistling, all the birds made it back.
I can see some one gradually working them enough in pitch darkness to get them use to flying at night and able to pull it off.
My birds weren't use to flying in pitch darkness and was in a sort of panic flight formation as they circled aimlessly above the pruding loft lights. Funny how some managed to get comfortable enough to be quite active in their performance after acouple of mins of flying in the dark. Kitting didn't suffer at all either, heck it seemed like they kitted even tighter to aviod not losing sight of one another.
Of course both times, the birds were already circling in to land (which was 50' or less in height). I can see how you can lose the lot if their birds skied out after dark - then again it would happen regardless (day or night).
Thor
Last Edited by Mount Airy Lofts on Nov 11, 2005 9:58 PM
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Ballrollers
182 posts
Nov 11, 2005
9:56 PM
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Yeah, especially the light grizzles and white-flighted birds. Then they crossed the big ol' moon and broke right in front of it like the ET and the kid on the bike silouhetted on the moon. If I only had a picture of that!!! YITS Cliff
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